District Court Judge appointed

Kerikeri  barrister and solicitor Greg Davis has been appointed a District Court Judge, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today. 

Mr Davis has worked with the Maori Trust Office in Hamilton and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before periods with Rudd Watts and Stone, Henderson Reeves and Palmer Macauley. He has been a partner with Tumanako Law, Kerikeri since 2004. practicing predominantly in the High Court and District Court civil jurisdictions while also running a large practice in the Maori Land Court and Waitangi Tribunal jurisdictions. 

He is currently lead counsel for a number of claimants in the Te Paparahi o Te Raki Waitangi Tribunal inquiry and lead advisor to Ngapuhi in settling its Treaty claims with the Crown.

Mr Davis is of Ngapuhi, Ngati Kahungunu, Ngai Tai and Ngati Raukawa descent and is a fluent speaker of Te Reo Maori.   He will be sworn in at the Ngāti Manu Marae, Kāretu, Northland on 24 June 2010 and will sit in Whangarei and Kaikohe.