Deputy Chairperson

Judge Carrie Wainwright

Judge Carrie Wainwright is the deputy chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal. Judge Wainwright was appointed in 2000 as kaiwhakawā of the Māori Land Court. In 2004 she was appointed deputy chairperson of the Waitangi Tribunal and served as acting chairperson between September 2008 and September 2009. She is the judge for the whole of Te Wai Pounamu and for the lower North Island. Judge Wainwright is based in Wellington.

Judge Wainwright was formerly a partner of the law firm Buddle Findlay, where she practised as a litigation lawyer for 13 years. During this time, she also worked on secondment to the Treasury and to the Crown–Congress Joint Working Party. She specialised in judicial review and law relating to the Treaty of Waitangi, acting extensively for Māori parties.

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