John Porter: Tell a Lie Big Enough…

Google the term "indigenous" and you will find a multitude of interpretations.

Cambridge Dictionary – indigenous = adjective

· used to refer to, or relating to, the people who originally lived in a place, rather than people who moved there from somewhere else.

Gary Judd KC: The Humpty Dumpty approach to the rule of law

Decolonisation and more

This article was published by the Auckland District Law Society’s LawNews on 31 March 2023. It concerns Justice Glazebrook’s views about the rule of law and her apparent desire for the indigenous people to “take back power and control.” I am about to publish “Tikanga is not law #2,” which refers to this article.

A search of the final report of the Independent Review, Regulating Lawyers in Aotearoa New Zealand reveals that "rule of law" appears 58 times. Notwithstanding the frequent use of the term and the report's recommendation that upholding the rule of law continue to be a fundamental obligation of lawyers and a statutory objective of the new independent regulator, the only time the report touches on its meaning is a brief and incomplete if not inaccurate, description in the Minority view of Professor Jacinta Ruru.