Waipapa Herenga Waka.

The Mooring post

Connecting to place for thriving and equitable communities

People and Place

Graduates will have an understanding of the unique place of Māori as tangata whenua in New Zealand, the relevance and influence of mātauranga Māori in legal discourses, the sources and continuing authority of tikanga Māori, and the historic, contemporary and ongoing legal significance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Graduates will have a deep, critical appreciation of the differential impacts of law, and law’s potential to achieve justice and equality in Aotearoa New Zealand’s place in Te Moananui-a-Kiwa and the world.

Waipapa ki Uta:

The Landing Place

Connecting to place for sustainable and enduring partnerships

Sustainability

Graduates will have an enhanced critical appreciation of the roles of law to promote sustainable futures and conserve and regenerate global ecosystems, communities and economies.

Waipapa Maunga Whakahī:

Land of Proud Mountains

Knowledge engagement for excellent practice

Robust inquiry for innovative responses

Knowledge and practice

Graduates will possess an advanced understanding of the law. They will be able to apply their understanding of the theory, history, nature and substance of law across different contexts. Graduates will be able to combine such knowledge with transdisciplinary perspectives to respond to societal challenges.

Critical thinking

Graduates will be able to identify, analyse and critically evaluate legal rules and principles. They will be able to construct detailed, scholarly and creatively reasoned arguments supported by evidence to a sophisticated level.

Solution seeking

Graduates will be able to draw on multiple perspectives to make reasoned and innovative recommendations to respond to complex legal issues, which carefully attend to relevant context and implications.

Waipapa Tātai Hono:

Ancestral Ties

Communicate and engage in the service of relationships

Communication

Graduates will listen and communicate coherently, persuasively and respectfully for different audiences, using different technologies and formats.

Collaboration

Graduates will be able to initiate and maintain relationships, and collaborate, advocate and influence effectively and ethically.

Waipapa Tangata Rau:

The Place of Great People

Flourishing relationships through principled action

Ethics and professionalism

Graduates will demonstrate ethical and responsible behaviour, make principled decisions, and engage in self-directed learning to advance personally and professionally.