Associate Professor
BVA (Hons) (Dunedin), LLB (Auckland), LLM (Otago)
Whakapātanga | Contact details
Office 7C24 Richardson
Email metiria.stantonturei@otago.ac.nz
Whakaako | Teaching
LAWS 302 Jurisprudence
Kaupapa Rangahau | Research projects
My research interests include Mātāpono Ture o te Māori/Māori legal principles, Te Mātauranga Ture o te Māori/Māori jurisprudence and Te Ariā ā-Ture o ngā Iwi Taketake/Indigenous Legal Theory. I also research visual jurisprudence and visual art. My LLM thesis was on the Visual Literacy of Māori Law.
He Whakarāpopototanga mahi | Career Summary
I built a career as a social activist, lawyer and member of the New Zealand Parliament over 20 years before moving to develop my art practice and re-engage in legal education. I was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for 15 years and Co-leader of the Green Party for 9 years. I am undertaking a MFA at Te Kura Matatini – Dunedin School of Art. My art work is in performative textiles, photography and sculpture, Indigenous Futurism and rangatiratanga.
Whakaaturanga | Presentations
- 2021 Australasian Law Academics Association Conference 2021, Indigenising the New Zealand Law degree – findings, Christchurch.
- 2019 Indigenous Epistemologies and Artistic Imagination, Toi Māori and the Doctrine of Discovery, Universitat de Barcelona and MACBA Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Catalonia.
- 2019 Native American and Indigenous Studies Association 2019, research presentation, Indigenising the New Zealand Law degree (co-presenting with Jacinta Ruru, Khylee Quince and Claire Charters), University of Waikato.
Whakakitenga | Exhibitions
- 2021 Tūruapo, The Wallace Arts Centre, Pah Homestead, Auckland
- 2020 Hiwa i te Rangi, Olga Gallery, Dunedin
- 2020 Whare Tangata, Vunilagi Vou, Auckland
- 2019 Hine Titama, View from the Shore, Te Tirohanga ki te Tai, Dunedin
- 2019 Tūruapō Astronesian 3000 series, AS Gallery, Webb Farry Law, Dunedin
Publications
Hook, M., & Stanton Turei, M. (2025). State law and “Tikanga-based loss” in Smith v Fonterra. New Zealand Universities Law Review, 31, 537-547. Journal - Research Article
Hook, M., Stanton Turei, M., & Wass, J. (2025). State law and Tikanga: Harmonisation or conflict of laws? New Zealand Law Review, (3), 331-358. Journal - Research Article
Stanton-Turei, M., Pirini, M., & Olsen, Y. (2025, July). The politicisation of tikanga teaching. Verbal presentation at the Australasian Legal Academics Association (ALAA) Conference, Brisbane, Australia. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Stanton Turei, M. (2025). Te arawhiti: A bridge between two worlds. Political Science. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/00323187.2025.2519627 Journal - Research Article
Hook, M., Stanton Turei, M., & Wass, J. (2025, February). Tikanga, state law and the conflict of laws [Panel: Private law and tikanga]. Verbal presentation at the Charting the Future of Private Law in Aotearoa New Zealand Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs