Gary Judd KC: A Sacred Trust Betrayed

Judicial independence and the reliance on tikanga in New Zealand courts

In A Story is Not Enough — Witchcraft and all that, I explained why there is justification for thinking that we, or some of us at any rate, do witchcraft. It reflects how low those who exercise power have come that even Parliament has attributed human personality to rivers and mountains.

Steven Gaskell: Tikanga First, Law Vs Lore - Common Sense Later

Only in New Zealand could a former politician-turned-lawyer march into court arguing that deportation decisions should hinge not on immigration law, not on residency rules, not even on public interest but on whether Immigration New Zealand paused long enough to burn incense to “tikanga Māori.”