July 13, 2020
Stephen Clark to join District Court bench
Māori Land Court Judge Stephen Clark of Hamilton Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāti Hauā has been appointed as a District Court judge with jury jurisdiction.
He will be based in Hamilton.
Judge Clark was appointed to the Māori Land Court in 2008 and as an alternate judge in the Environment Court in 2009, after more than a decade as litigation partner at Hamilton firm McCaw Lewis Chapman.
He has sat as a presiding officer on various Waitangi Tribunal inquiries, most recently in relation to Māori primary health.
He was a foundation member and past President of Te Hunga Rōia Māori (The Māori Law Society).
Judge Clark will be sworn in on September 11.
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