BA PGDipArts MA LLB DipGrad PhD (Otago) Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand, Legal Practitioner of the Supreme Court of New South Wales Ngati Pahipoto, Warahoe, Ngāi Taiwhakaea (hapū of Ngāti Awa)
Chair of the Postgraduate Committee; Postgraduate Committee Co-ordinator
Paerau is not only a senior lecturer in Te Tumu, he is also a Barrister. He has held a practising certificate for nearly twenty years and his expertise is in Māori land law, trusts, wills, probate and administration. He is an equity lawyer. He has appeared in the Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court from time to time and his legal mentor was the late Robin Corcoran who practiced in the Māori Land Court in Christchurch for many decades. Paerau is the principal legal adviser to the lawyers in the Ngāi Tahu Maori Law Centre in Dunedin.
Paerau's principal iwi is Ngāti Awa. However he has very close whakapapa ties to Te Arawa (Tuhourangi and Ngāti Rangitihi), Ngāti Tūwharetoa of Kawerau and Taupo, Ngāti Maniapoto and Whakatōhea and Whānau-a-Apanui. He also has links to Taitokerau iwi, Tūhoe and Ngāti Porou.
Paerau's academic research interests focuses on Māori history, politics, and law. Paerau has a current interest in the Treaty of Waitangi, Māori elections especially in the nineteenth and twentieth century.
Raaniera Te Whata, PhD, Issues in Te Taitokerau Land Management
Nicola Andrews, MIndS, Spineless, Withdrawn, and Checked Out: An Analysis of How Libraries in Aotearoa and North America Uphold Colonialism and Reinforce Historical Trauma in Indigenous Populations
Karyn Williams, MIndS, Use of Māori stories in the Film Industry
Toan Nguyen, PhD, Climate Change challenges in Vietnam
Jekope Maiono, PhD, Fijian Land Development issues
Completed
Matiu Payne, PhD, Tamaiti Whangai in a Ngāti Mutunga Context (2017-2020)
Margaret Courtney, MIndS, Tūhourangi, the Rotomahana Parekārangi Block and Whānau Mātauranga (2017-2018)
Marty Schaaf, PhD, Pacific Islanders and Burnout in Sport (2016)
Michael Tarry, MIndS, Māori and Sovereignty (2014–2015)
Taiawhio Waititi, MIndS, Te Kaha 15B. Case study in land management (2014–2015)
Kyle Katipo, MIndS, Whāngai in the Māori Land Court (2014–2015)
Faapōpō Tupolo-Tauaanae, MIndS, The Aoga a le Faifeau [Pastor's School]: its place in the education system in Samoa today (2013–2014)
Samantha Jackson, MA , Matauranga Māori and Ngāti Whātua (2011–2012)
Matiu Payne, MIndS, Superior land inheritance rights by whāngai children (2012)
Anna Parker, MA, Treaty of Waitangi and Peace Studies (2010–2012)
Ben Manley, MIndS, Imagined Boundaries: The Native Land Court and Maori Identity (2011–2012)
Julia Coates, BA(Hons), Kanga Pirau (2012)
Aroha Gilling, MIndS, Treaty of Waitangi and Social Work (2011)
Suzanne Spencer, MIndS, Ka Wahine and Takata Pora: Murihiku Women and Pakeha Settlers (2011)
Stacey Reynolds, BA(Hons), Māori and the Criminal Justice System: Towards 2010 (2010)
Tamasone Esera, MIndS, The Impact of the new Act (Land Titles Registration Act 2008) on customary land ownership in Samoa (2010)
Henare Mita, MA, The Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998: The quest for Ngāi Tahu tino rangatiratanga (2009)
Natalie Coates, BA(Hons), Kia tū ko taikākā: Let the heartwood of Māori identity stand – An investigation into the appropriateness of the legal definition of 'Māori' for Māori (2008)
Kanakolu Noa, MIndS, Indigenous Peoples and International Law (2006)
Erica Newman, BA(Hons), Maori, European and Half-caste Children; The Destitute, the Neglected and the Orphaned An Investigation into the Early New Zealand European Contact Period and the Care of Children 1840–1852 (2006)
Publications
Paterson, L., & Warbrick, P. (Eds.). (2023). Journal of New Zealand Studies, 35(1) [Special Issue: He Tuhinga Tuku Iho: Texts, contexts, resonances]. [Guest Editors].
Other - Edited Journal
Warbrick, P. (2023). The super-narrative effect. The resonance of written letters for whānau in the historical record. Journal of New Zealand Studies, 35, 70-81. doi: 10.26686/jnzs.iNS35.8117
Journal - Research Article
Paterson, L., & Warbrick, P. (2023). Introduction. Journal of New Zealand Studies, 35, 1-6. doi: 10.26686/jnzs.iNS35.8127
Journal - Research Other
Warbrick, P. (2021). Māori election petitions of the 1870s: Microcosms of dynamic Māori and Pākehā political forces. Journal of New Zealand Studies, (32), 40-59. doi: 10.26686/jnzs.iNS32.6862
Journal - Research Article
Warbrick, P. (2019). Tūtānekai's flute. In C. Brickell & J. Collard (Eds.), Queer objects. (pp. 29-36). Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Warbrick, P. (2019). Dynamic and interesting events: The nineteenth-century Māori elections. New Zealand Journal of History, 53(2), 32-64.
Journal - Research Article
Warbrick, P. (2018, November). Ka whawhai tonu mātou. Verbal presentation at the He Tuhinga nō Neherā Symposium: Texts, Contexts, Resonances, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Mize, S., & Warbrick, P. (2017). Dealing with challenges that arise when lawyer and client are from different cultures. New Zealand Family Law Journal, 9, 56-66.
Journal - Research Article
Warbrick, P. (2016). [Review of the book Tangata whenua: An illustrated history]. Journal of Colonialism & Colonial History, 16(3). doi: 10.1353/cch.2015.0039
Journal - Research Other
Warbrick, P. (2016). A cause for nervousness: The proposed Māori land reforms in New Zealand. AlterNative, 12(4), 369-379. doi: 10.20507/AlterNative.2016.12.4.3
Journal - Research Article
Warbrick, P. (2016). [Review of the book: Outcasts of the gods: The struggle over slavery in Māori New Zealand]. Journal of the Polynesian Society, 125(2), 189-191. [Book Review].
Journal - Research Other
Warbrick, P. (2016, February). Echoes of the past: The painful side of Māori women's experience of world war. Verbal presentation at the Making Women Visible Conference: A Conference in Honour of Barbara Brookes, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Warbrick, P. (2015). Minute books: An integral part of the Māori Land Court. In A. Cooper, L. Paterson & A. Wanhalla (Eds.), The lives of colonial objects. (pp. 129-133). Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Warbrick, P. (2014, May). Women and the Maori Land Court. Verbal presentation at the Sixteenth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women: Histories on the Edge, Toronto, Canada.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Warbrick, P. (2013). Somebody looking after something for somebody else’ Māori and Trust Law in modern history. Proceedings of the Australia New Zealand Law and History Society (ANZLHS) Conference: People, Power and Place. Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/law/conferences/anzlhs.html
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Warbrick, P. (2013, November). The Māori incorporations of the South Island: A commentary on the use of micro-history. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Historical Association Biennial Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Warbrick, P. (2013, March). Of the people, by the people, for the people. He tangata, he tangata, he tangata: Maori voters and the constitution. Verbal presentation at the Colonial Origins of New Zealand Politics and Government Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Warbrick-Anderson, P. (2013, February). Minute books of the Maori Land Court. Verbal presentation at the Inaugural Conference of the Centre for Research on Colonial Culture, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Warbrick, P. (2012). 'O ratou whenua': Land and estate settlements. In N. R. Wheen & J. Hayward (Eds.), Treaty of Waitangi settlements. (pp. 92-101). Wellington, New Zealand: Bridget Williams Books.
Chapter in Book - Research
Paerau Warbrick, W. (2011). Written expert statement for the defence on the operation of tamaiti whāngai and moko in Māori society (29 November 2011) for the Magistrates Court in Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia. In the matter of R (Commonwealth) v Matthew Alexander Waikato. Magistrates Court, Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia. [Government Submission].
Other Research Output
Paerau Warbrick, W. (2011). Written memorandum and submissions for the Māori Students at the University of Otago in regard to breach of their Treaty of Waitangi rights in the Waitangi Tribunal before Chief Judge Isaac, Judge Milroy and Judge Spencer. In the matter of prejudicial effects of the Education (Freedom of Association) Amendment Act 2011 (Wai 2343). Waitangi Tribunal, Wellington, New Zealand, File Wai 2343. [Government Submission].
Other Research Output
Paerau Warbrick, W. (2011). Written submissions against the Crown’s claim that the islands known as Rūrima is Crown land for the Māori Land Court before Judge Harvey. In the matter of Rūrima Islands (A20070003741). Māori Land Court Registry, Rotorua, New Zealand, File A20070003741. [Government Submission].
Other Research Output
Paerau Warbrick, W. (2011). Written submissions relating to judicial conflict of interest, judicial disclosure and judicial recusal of Judge Layne Harvey in regard to the Māori land Court hearing relating to the islands known as Rūrima. In the matter of Rūrima Islands (A20070003741). Māori Land Court Registry, Rotorua, New Zealand, File A20070003741. [Government Submission].
Other Research Output
Warbrick, P. (2011). [Review of the book Raupatu: The confiscation of Maori land]. Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 49(1), 147-148. doi: 10.1080/14662043.2010.522039
Journal - Research Other
Paerau Warbrick, W. (2010). Written submission in regard to the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill (November 2010) before the Māori Affairs Select Committee. New Zealand House of Representatives, Wellington, New Zealand. [Government Submission].
Other Research Output
Paerau Warbrick, W. (2010). Written and oral submissions regarding the jurisdiction of the Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court to hear applications and grant remedies. In the matter of Hana Rewiti and Henare Rewiti (A20010005699). Māori Land Court Registry, Christchurch, New Zealand, Files A20010005699 & CJ 2002/35. [Government Submission].
Other Research Output
Paerau Warbrick, W. (2010). Written memorandum for the Ngai Tahu Māori Law Centre on the operation of section 116 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 for the Māori Land Court before Judge Coxhead. In the matter of succession to William James Wybrow (A20070006221), Māori Land Court Registry, Christchurch, New Zealand, File A20070006221, 63p. [Government Submission].
Other Research Output
Warbrick, W. P. (2010). Māori Land Court 1960-1980: An autoethnographic and social commentary (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. 419p.
Awarded Doctoral Degree
Warbrick, P. (2010, September). The Māori Land Court in the 1960s and 1970s. University of Otago Te Tumu, School of Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies Seminar, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Other Research Output
Paerau Warbrick, W. (2009). Written and oral submissions and reports in the Māori Land Court hearings before Judge Savage and Judge Harvey. In the matter of Rangitaiki 60C1 Trust and Matahina A1D1 trust: Removal of Trustees (A20090001332). In the matter of Rangitaiki Valley Whenua Trust Lands: Constitute an ahu whenua trust (A20090018144). Māori Land Court Registry, Rotorua, New Zealand, Files A20090001332 & A20090018144. [Government Submission].
Other Research Output
Warbrick, W. P. (2009). Treaty of Waitangi. In X. Zhao & X. Qiao (Eds.), New Zealand: Its history, people and culture. (pp. 69-97). Shanghai, China: Fudan University Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Warbrick, P. (2009, June). Maori relations with pakeha and the law, 1900-1960. Verbal presentation at the Interracial Intimacies: New Zealand Histories Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Paerau Warbrick, W. (2008). Written memorandum for the Ngāi Tahu Māori Law Centre on evidence and the standard of proof in Chief Judge Applications before the Māori Appellate Court under section 45 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993. In the matter of Waihao 903 Section IX Block, Henare Rakiihia Tau v Nga Whanau o Morven & Glenavy, 2010, Maori Appellate Court Minute Book 168. Māori Land Court Registry, Christchurch, New Zealand, File A20070011156. [Government Submission].
Other Research Output
Warbrick, P. (2008). [Review of the book Buying the land, selling the land: Governments and Maori land in the North Island 1865-1921]. Political Science, 60(2), 104-105. doi: 10.1177/003231870806000212
Journal - Research Other
Warbrick, P. (2007, December). The value of autobiography in academia: Maori women and post-world-war-II American presidents. Verbal presentation at the Self-Narratives 'Research Conversation' Day, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Paerau Warbrick, W. (2006). Written and oral submissions in the Māori Land Court hearings regarding tamaiti whāngai under section 115 of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 before Deputy Chief Judge Wilson Isaac. In the matter of succession to James Henry Newton (A19990005454). In the matter of succession to Charles Newton II (A19990005455). In the matter of succession to Robert Hart (A19990005458). Māori Land Court Registry, Christchurch, New Zealand, Files A19990005454, A19990005455, A19990005458. [Government Submission].
Other Research Output
Warbick, P. (2005). Oral and written submissions to the Māori Land Court for determining heirs to Riini Whakataka, Te Maui Taiawatea, Hiria Te Taiawatea and Pineaha Takamoana. Dunedin, New Zealand: Te Tumu, University of Otago. [Government Submission].
Other Research Output
Warbrick, W. P. (2004). Submissions in the Māori Land Court for succession to Poihaere Paihau or Poihaere Te Wharehiraka or Ngakawhena Paihau/Paikau or Poihaere Ngawai. Christchurch, New Zealand: Māori Land Court of New Zealand. [Government Submission].
Other Research Output
Warbrick, W. P. (2004). Exhibit A: Whakapapa and list of heirs for Oke Pukeroa. Māori Land Court of New Zealand. Christchurch, New Zealand: Māori Land Court. 35p.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Warbrick, W. P. (2004). Exhibit A: Whakapapa and heirs to Marewa Te Kahupake or Te Ruatareti (died June 10. 1886). Māori Land Court of New Zealand. Christchurch, New Zealand: Māori Land Court. 8p.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Warbrick, W. P. (2004). Exhibit A: Whakapapa and heirs to Rangiheuea (died circa 1880). Māori Land Court of New Zealand. Christchurch, New Zealand: Māori Land Court. 22p.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Warbrick, W. P. (2003). Exhibit A: Whakapapa and list of heirs for Te Rangitukehu (died June 27, 1887). Christchurch, New Zealand: Māori Land Court of New Zealand. 15p.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Warbrick, W. P. (2003). List of judges of the Native Land Court and Māori Land Court 1864-2003: He pepa o Ngā ingoa o ngā tiati o ngā kooti whenua Maori 1864-2003. 7p.
Authored Book - Other
Warbrick, W. P. (2002). Whakapapa for the identification of the shareholders Hana Rewite and Henare Rewite. Christchurch, New Zealand: Māori Land Court of New Zealand. 6p.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Warbrick, W. P. (2002). Report by W. Paerau Warbrick for the identification of the shareholders Hana Rewite and Henare Rewite. Christchurch, New Zealand: Māori Land Court of New Zealand. 8p.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Warbrick, W. P. (2002). Submissions in the Māori Land Court for correcting a succession to Henare Te Maire. Christchurch, New Zealand: Māori Land Court of New Zealand. [Government Submission].
Other Research Output
Warbrick, W. P. (2001). Submissions in the Māori Land Court for correcting a succession to Violet Victoria Seigle. Christchurch, New Zealand: Māori Land Court of New Zealand. [Government Submission].
Other Research Output
Warbrick, W. P. (1998). Labour′s Bill of Rights: The Labour Governmnet′s attempt at a bill of rights in the 1980s (Master of Arts). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. 137p.
Awarded Masters Degree
BA PGDipArts MA LLB DipGrad PhD (Otago)