Kahui Legal - Specialist Māori & Commercial Law Firm Wellington

Kāhui Legal is a specialist law firm working at the forefront of Māori development with unparalleled experience and expertise in legal issues that affect Māori and the interface between iwi and Māori organisations and the Crown, local government and other entities. Established as a legal partnership in 2003, the firm specialises in providing legal services in areas including Treaty of Waitangi claims and settlement negotiations, governance, litigation and dispute resolution, corporate and commercial law, public law, resource management, criminal law, Māori land law, regulatory compliance, indigenous intellectual property rights, mātauranga Māori protection and recognition, Māori intellectual property and trade mark strategy and protection.

The firm's experts come from a range of legal backgrounds, including from the senior ranks of large corporate law firms. Their senior lawyers are recognised experts in their fields and are supported by a team of specialist solicitors. Kāhui Legal has extensive experience in matters before the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, and are recognised experts in Māori Land Court matters, often appearing before the Environment Court on resource management issues and having extensive experience appearing before the Waitangi Tribunal.

The firm's goal is to provide specialist legal services of the highest quality that advance the Māori economy and the future wellbeing of Māori. They are driven to ensure their clients receive the very best advice and achieve their desired outcomes. With offices in Wellington and Rotorua, Kāhui Legal regularly engages with Government, negotiating with officials and Ministers, and has an intimate knowledge of the machinery of Government through their extensive Treaty of Waitangi Settlement experience.