LLB (Hons) - Victoria University of Wellington
Matanuku is a highly experienced lawyer having been in corporate and private practice since 1991. Prior to establishing KAHUI LEGAL, Matanuku was a partner at Walters Williams & Co and in-house counsel at the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission.
He provides advice on a wide range of corporate, commercial, Treaty settlement and public law issues. Matanuku has acted on a number of Treaty of Waitangi settlements and is the principal legal advisor for Ngati Porou in relation to foreshore and seabed negotiations with the Crown. He has also acted for a number of iwi in the establishment of mandated iwi organisations to receive fisheries assets and post settlement governance entities.
Matanuku is currently a director and deputy chairman of Aotearoa Fisheries Limited, which is largest Maori-owned fisheries company in New Zealand, owning 50% of Sealords and a number of other subsidiary companies.
Professional Memberships and Appointments
- Deputy Chair Aotearoa Fisheries Limited
- Member of the Maori Law Society and Past President August 2002 to September 2004
Contact Information
Phone: |
(04) 495 9999 | |
| Email: | matanuku@kahuilegal.co.nz |
