• Last Tuesday the Mokomoko (Restoration of Character, Mana, and Reputation) Bill was read a second time in parliament. The Bill, if passed into law, will legally pardon Te Whakatōhea Chief Mokomoko, who along with three others, was executed in 1866, for allegedly murdering missionary Carl Völkner in Opotiki. We note
Day: November 1, 2013
• On Wednesday Denese Henare was sworn in as a District Court Judge in Auckland. (Note we advise this means she is not available to be an alternative for the Crown Forestry Rental Trust.) • On Thursday a High Court hearing into the appointment process used for the Auckland Independent Māori Statutory