Horiana Irwin-Easthope - Ngāti Porou (Te Whānau a Putaanga), Rakaipaaka, Ngāti Kahungunu
Whāia Legal - Tumuaki │ Director

LL.B / B.A (Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka), LL.M (Harvard Law School)

Horiana is a critical legal thinker with a reputation for hard work. She pushes the status quo to affect change within, and outside of, the legal system to recognise the unique place of whānau, hapū and iwi in Aotearoa. Horiana has a broad public law practice and has appeared in a range of Tribunals and Courts (including to appellate level). Prior to establishing Whāia Legal, Horiana worked at Russell McVeagh and at Kāhui Legal.