Max Harris and David V Williams

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All Souls Fellow, Rhodes Scholar and author Max Harris has degrees in law and public policy and has worked for the New Zealand Supreme Court and the United Nations. David V. Williams is a Professor Emeritus and Research Fellow in the Faculty of Law at The University of Auckland. A Rhodes Scholar, he is known for his work with iwi, especially with Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei from the days of the Bastion Point/Takaparawhau occupation in the 1970s through to the enactment of the Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Treaty Settlement Act 2012.

The checkpoint at Hawai on the East Coast last Wednesday as police and iwi reps met to discuss what will happen when the country moves to level two. (Photo: supplied)

Opinion

Community checkpoints are an important and lawful part of NZ’s Covid response

Contrary to claims, there is a sound legal foundation for community checkpoints organised by iwi, write legal scholars Max Harris and Professor Emeritus David V Williams.

By Max Harris and David V Williams | 10th May, 2020

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Max Harris and David V Williams

Community checkpoints are an important and lawful part of NZ’s Covid response

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