E nga mana, e nga reo, e nga mataawaka puta noa i te motu, a, puta noa i te ao, nau mai, haere mai. Ko Te Hunga Roia Maori o Aotearoa e mihi atu nei ki a koutou kua anga mai ki tenei pae tukutuku o matou, me kii, o tatou katoa.

Te Hunga Roia Maori o Aotearoa (THRMOA) held its first hui at Tunohopu Marae, Rotorua in 1988. Since then, the organisation has grown enormously and its membership now includes judges, parliamentarians, legal academics, policy analysts, researchers and law students.

THRMOA was originally established to provide an annual opportunity for Maori lawyers to discuss and debate issues relevant to Maori and this has remained the central focus for its annual hui. It was agreed from the outset that the Executive Committee would move from region to region.

The Executive has been located in Rotorua, Auckland, Wellington and Hamilton. In November 2002 the responsibility for running the Executive Committee returned to Wellington.

The Executive maintains a database of Maori lawyers, ensures the effective networking of members, makes submissions on a range of policies and proposed legislation, ensures representation of its membership on selected committees and organises regular national hui.

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