Legal Voices

Geoffrey Palmer

Geoffrey Palmer

Sir Geoffrey Palmer is a past Prime Minister of New Zealand, Member of the Privy Council, past President of the Law Commission, author and noted constitutional scholar.

Jamie Ferguson

Jamie Ferguson

Jamie Ferguson is a partner at Kahui Legal, and has been in private practice for 20 years in the areas of litigation and public law with a particular focus on issues concerning Māori. He has been involved extensively in court proceedings involving historic and contemporary Māori issues, including fisheries, Treaty claims, land ownership and administration, and resource management. He has also represented a number of iwi in Treaty settlement negotiations with the Crown, including the recent development of co-governance and co-management arrangements for the Waikato River.