Pūkenga Matua | Senior Lecturer
BVA (Hons) (Dunedin), LLB (Auckland), LLM (Otago)
Whakapātanga | Contact details
Office 7C18 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
Hayward, J., Stanton Turei, M., & Wheen, N. R. (2024). Introduction: Tiriti O Waitangi relationships. In M. Stanton Turei, N. R. Wheen & J. Hayward (Eds.), Te Tiriti O Waitangi relationships: People, politics and law. (pp. 1-10). Wellington, New Zealand: Bridget Williams Books. Chapter in Book - Research
Stanton Turei, M., Wheen, N. R., & Hayward, J. (Eds.). (2024). Te Tiriti O Waitangi relationships: People, politics and law. Wellington, New Zealand: Bridget Williams Books, 255p. Edited Book - Research
Young, S., Latu, A., & Turei, M. (2024). Plural legal matters: Analysing the overlapping legal materiality in four categories of Whakairo Māori. New Zealand Universities Law Review, 31, 313-343. Journal - Research Article
Stanton Turei, M. (2024). Tikanga Māori law is written in whakairo Māori. Legalities, 4(2), 177-195. doi: 10.3366/legal.2024.0074 Journal - Research Article
Bradford, S., Foster, J., & Turei, M. (2024). A punitive turn. Counterfutures, 15, 10-16. [Editorial]. Journal - Research Other