Moana Jackson
Ngati Kahungunu, Rongomaiwahine, Ngati Porou



  • Dr Moana Jackson's opening address for the Matike Mai Aotearoa Maori Constitutional Convention, 4 February 2021
  • Stories of Maori and Chinese solidarity: an excerpt from Dr. Moana Jackson’s talk, Te Tangi A Te Ruru, 11 December 2020
  • Constitutional transformation and the Matike mai project: A korero with Moana Jackson, interview with Helen Potter, December 2017
  • Moana Jackson honoured with Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, 15 December 2017
          Ngati Kahungunu     Peace Movement Aotearoa
  • Why did Maori never have prisons? JustSpeak, 16 November 2017
          Video of event   Event details
  • Maori lawyer says it's time to abolish prisons, Te Manu Korihi, 16 November 2017
  • How about a politics that imagines the impossible? Moana Jackson, 24 September 2017
  • Colonisation and the suffering of children, Moana Jackson, 30 April 2017
  • Moana Jackson: 'Race, power and prisons', forum in Wellington on 25 October 2016
          Photo of Moana speaking   Facebook event details   A4 poster
  • Moana Jackson: A new constitution for Aotearoa, RNZ, 23 October 2016
  • Facing the truth about the wars, Moana Jackson, 18 September 2016
  • He Whakaaro Here Whakaumu Mo Aotearoa: The Report of Matike Mai Aotearoa - The Independent Working Group on Constitutional Transformation, January 2016
  • Finding a Place for the Treaty, Treaty Debates 2013, 24 January 2013 - Audio file: Moana Jackson begins speaking at 24:20
  • Discussion on "the Doctrine of Discovery: its enduring impact on indigenous peoples and the right to redress for past conquests (Articles 28 and 37 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples)", Panel Presentation, United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 7 May 2012   - presentation text   - video
  • A Primer on Section 9 of the State Owned Enterprises Act and the Crown consultation on "mixed model ownership", February 2012
  • A Primer on the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill, 7 March 2011
        - Web page   - Printable version
  • Brief of Evidence: Te Paparahi O Te Raki Inquiry, 13 September 2010
  • A further primer on the foreshore and seabed: the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill, 8 September 2010     - Web page   - Printable version
  • Constitutional transformation: an interview with Moana Jackson, in Weeping Waters: The Treaty of Waitangi and Constitutional Change, Malcolm Mulholland and Veronica Tawhai, Huia Publishers, March 2010
  • A primer on the government consultation document 'Reviewing the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004', 7 April 2010     - Web page   - Printable version
  • Tipuna title as a tikanga construct re the foreshore and seabed, Moana Jackson, March 2010
  • A primer on making written submissions to the Ministerial Foreshore and Seabed Review Panel, April 2009     - Web page   - Printable version
  • Anti-terrorism law, dawn raids, and human rights - a public meeting with guest speaker Moana Jackson, 28 November 2007 in Lower Hutt
  • There are questions that need to be asked: A primer on Operation Eight - further developments, 12 November 2007     - Web page   - Printable version
  • Back in the mists of fear: A primer on the allegations of terrorism made during the week 15 - 19 October 2007 23 October 2007     - Web page   - Printable version
  • What's going on with water? A public meeting with Moana Jackson, in Wellington on 4 October 2006
  • The United Nations on the Foreshore: A Summary of the Report of the Special Rapporteur, 5 April 2006   - html version     - pdf version
  • 'A Constitution for Aotearoa-New Zealand based on the Treaty of Waitangi' - Wellington on 29 June, Christchurch on 12 July, and Auckland on 21 July 2005
  • Another Primer on the Foreshore and Seabed: The First International Report from the United Nations, Maori Law Commission, 14 March 2005   - web page   - word document
  • A Primer on Making Submissions on the Foreshore and Seabed Bill, 25 May 2004 (with an introductory section for people who haven't made a submission before)
  • An Analysis of the Foreshore and Seabed Bill, 15 April 2004
  • Decoupling the Treaty and the Iwi - Summary Analysis of the Government's Final Foreshore and Seabed Legislative Framework as Released on 7 April 2004, 8 April 2004.
  • The Crown Baselines for Legislation on the Foreshore and Seabed - An Analysis, 1 April 2004
  • The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: An analysis of the government framework for the foreshore and seabed, Te Hau Tikanga / The Maori Law Commission, 20 December 2003
  • Seabed deal plainly not fair to Maori, 19 December 2003
  • The taking of the foreshore, 8 December 2003
  • Where to now on the foreshore, October 2003
  • Panic on the beach September 2003
  • Some Core Values for Resolving the Foreshore and Seabed Issue, Te Hau Tikanga / The Maori Law Commission, 16 August 2003
  • 'Backgrounding the Paeroa Declaration', July 2003 - with the Paeroa Declaration text and explanatory notes.
  • "There are obligations there" A consideration of Maori responsibilities and obligations in regard to the seabed and foreshore, July 2003
  • A Foreshore Primer: Question and Answer Fact Sheet, Te Hau Tikanga / The Maori Law Commission, July 2003
  • "Like a beached whale" A consideration of proposed Crown actions over Maori foreshore, June 2003
  • An Analysis of the Police Report into the Fatal Wounding of Steven James Wallace at Waitara, Sunday 30 April 2000, August 2000

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