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PROGRAMME | HOTAKA
whakatauki
Programme - Friday 15 March
Conference MC: Pania Gray, Kororā Consulting
7:45
Registration desk opens
Ronogomātāne Foyer, Level 1,
Tākina Convention and Exhibition Centre
Arrive early to avoid the queues
8:45
Mihi Whakatau
Kaumatua Kura Moeahu QSO - Te Āti Awa
9:15
Opening remarks | Kupu Whakatakī
Justine Falconer; Deputy Solicitor-General, System Leadership
9:30
Address from Solicitor-General
Una Jagose KC; Solicitor-General
10:00
Whakawhanaungatanga
10:15
Morning Tea / Paramanawa
10:45
Panel Discussion: Emerging Technology in the
Public Sector
Panel discussion Facilitator: Aaron Martin; Deputy Solicitor-General, Crown Legal Risk
11:45
Recent Developments in the Law
12:45
Lunch/Tina
1:45
Lessons Learnt from the Australian Royal Commission
into the Robodebt Scheme
Hiranthi Abeygoonesekera; Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment and
Daniel Perkins; Crown Law Office
2:30
A Slow Weave
He Poutama, the Law Commission’s study report on tikanga in Aotearoa New Zealand. Introduction by the Honorable Justice Whata; Ngati Pikiao and Ngati Tamateatutahi - Kawiti of Te Arawa.
Followed by a panel discussion. Panel Facilitator: Marama Broughton; Taranaki, Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi
3:50
Awards announcement/ Nga tohu
4:30
Closing Remarks / Kupu Whakakapi
Justine Falconer; Deputy Solicitor-General, System Leadership
4:45-6:00
Kōrero and kai
Ronogomātāne Foyer, Level 1
Tākina Convention and Exhibition Centre
whakatauki
Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua
I walk backwards into the future with my eyes fixed on my past.
Meaning and Significance
This whakataukī or proverb speaks to Māori perspectives of time, where the past, the present and the future are viewed as intertwined. This conceptualisation of time does not leave the past behind, rather the past is carried into the future.
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