The University of Oklahoma
College of Law
in conjunction with the
International Intertribal Trade and Investment Organization
is pleased to offer the third of a monthly free and on-line educational lecture series on Indigenous Law and Policy
Māori Trade Talk
With
Rino Tirikatene
Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister for Trade and Export Growth (Māori Trade)
Discussion Date: Tuesday February 16, 2021 [Noon Pacific/ 2pm central/ 3pm eastern] – North America
Wednesday, February 17, 9 am – New Zealand Standard Time
View the Recorded Discussion for FREE at this Link: https://mymedia.ou.edu/media/Indigenous+International+Trade+Developments+from+New+Zealand/1_zlkcdj31
PANELISTS
RINO TIRIKATENE
Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister for Trade and Export Growth (Māori Trade)
Rino has been the Labour MP for Te Tai Tonga since 2011. He proudly represents Māori in the largest electorate in the country.
Rino has deep connections across Ngāi Tahu on his paternal side, and to Ngāti Hine in the Far North on his maternal side. Historically his family has given significant parliamentary service to Māori in Te Waipounamu and Labour in the southern Māori electorate.
Rino is a passionate believer in Māori development and social justice. Coming from a close-knit, hard-working whānau, his depth of concern and awareness of service for people has been nurtured from a young age.
Prior to entering Parliament, Rino had over fourteen years’ experience working in Māori economic development roles. These included engagements as a private consultant, as Chief Executive of the Federation of Māori Authorities, and working for Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu within its seafood businesses. He also led government trade promotion initiatives across Māori business sectors. His understanding of legal and commercial issues is a result of his early career as a commercial lawyer.
Rino is an experienced Member of Parliament and on top of his regular Parliamentary and constituency duties serves as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries and to the Minister for Trade and Export Growth (Māori Trade).
If you would like to refer to the Under-Secretary’s presentation, it can be found at: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/supporting-m%C4%81ori-succeed-trade-international-inter-tribal-trade-and-investment-organization
DR ROBERT JOSEPH
Senior Lecturer & Professor of Law
Te Piringa-Faculty of Law at the University of Waikato
Dr Joseph is Māori from the Tainui, Tūwharetoa, Kahungunu, Rangitāne and Ngāi Tahu tribes. Dr Joseph is a Senior Lecturer at Te Piringa-Faculty of Law at the University of Waikato, he was admitted to the Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in 1998, and he completed his PhD in law and Māori governance at the University of Waikato in 2006. Dr Joseph was a senior research fellow for the Te Mātāhauariki Research Institute under the leadership of Judge Michael Brown, and in the Pro-Vice Chancellor Māori Office at the University of Waikato under Dr Linda Tuhiwai Smith.
Dr Joseph is the current director of both Te Mata Hautū Taketake – the Māori and Indigenous Governance Centre (MIGC), and the Canada-New Zealand Studies Unit at Waikato University, he was the Chair of the Māori Governance Working Group Committee established by the New Zealand Government and Māori Economic Development Task Force, the Ministry for Māori Development – Te Puni Kokiri, and the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment in 2012, and he has been a trustee on numerous Māori trusts and organisations.
Dr Joseph is a former Fulbright and Claude McCarthy Scholar, an expert witness, licenced researcher, and legal historian in the Waitangi Tribunal; a former Vice President of the Battle of Orākau Heritage Society Inc., he is the New Zealand representative on a number of international organisations including the Association for Canadian Studies in Australia and New Zealand (ACSANZ), the International Indigenous Governance Consortium (IIGC), the International Indigenous Trade and Investment Organisation (IITIO), and he is also currently researching and working with the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development (HPAIED), the Native Nations Institute (NNI) at the University of Arizona, and the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute (AIGI) at Australia National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australia. Dr Joseph is moreover, a recently appointed member of the New Zealand Government Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade-Māori Taumata committee for dealing with Māori and international free trade agreements which compliments his work role in IITIO.
Mr. Wayne Garnons-Williams
President – International Inter-tribal Trade and Investment Organization
President – Indigenous Sovereign Trade Consultancy Ltd.
(moderator)
Wayne is the founding President of International Inter-tribal Trade and Investment Organization, Senior Lawyer and Principal Director of the law firm Garwill Law Professional Corporation and leads an international business entitled Indigenous Sovereign Trade Consultancy Ltd. specializing in Tribal Trade and Sustainable Economic Development.
He is past Chair of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Appeal Tribunal and is currently on the board of directors of the International Law Association – Canada chapter, Council of the Great Lakes Region, Capacity Canada and Board Chair of the 60’s Scoop Healing Foundation.
He is also a Research Fellow specializing in International Comparative Indigenous law at the University of Oklahoma, College of Law. He was appointed by Order in Council as a member to the NAFTA Chapter 19 Trade Remedies roster and then appointed in 2020 as a CUSMA Advisory Committee Member on Private Commercial Disputes, Article 31.22.
He is the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business 2019 Award winner for Excellence in Aboriginal Relations, the 2020 Queen’s University alumni award winner as well as the recipient of the 2020 Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) – International Legal Specialist in Peace, Justice and Governance Award. He is Plains Cree from Treaty 6, Moosomin First Nation.
