Carrie Stoddart-Smith is a policy advisor, Māori development specialist and prominent writer on Māori politics, economics and the legal system based in Auckland, New Zealand. Now, she’s doing what few bonafide political nerds get the chance to do: run as an election candidate – both on the party list and for her home electorate of Pakuranga, for the Māori Party in the country’s upcoming general election.
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Q&A | Kingi Snelgar on the limits & frustrations of a white legal system
Kingi Snelgar is a Māori lawyer from Aotearoa New Zealand. Having secured his LLM at Harvard, he’s now back practicing in Auckland with the team at Mānuka Chambers. Mānuka are four Māori lawyers – all also court-appointed Youth Advocates in the Manukau Youth Court – who are committed to helping their clients navigate the justice system. Here Kingi relays to Sarah some of his frustrations at working within a Pākehā-oriented system, and his concerns as to what that means for Māoridom and the futures and wellbeing of Māori offenders.
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