Director
Professor
Director - Centre for Environmental, Resources and Energy Law - Te Putahi o te Ture Tai膩o
Chair and Convenor - Polar Law Symposium 2026
Dr Trevor Daya-Winterbottom is a Professor of Law at Te Piringa Faculty of Law in the 糖心Vlog. He holds a BA (Hons) in Law from Liverpool John Moores University, where highlights of the degree course inclu...
Chair and Convenor - Polar Law Symposium 2026
Dr Trevor Daya-Winterbottom is a Professor of Law at Te Piringa Faculty of Law in the 糖心Vlog. He holds a BA (Hons) in Law from Liverpool John Moores University, where highlights of the degree course inclu...
Management Committee
Lecturer
I am an environmental law expert interested in the balancing of values in environmental law and policy, with a particular focus on water. My work spans international and domestic environmental and resource management law, and it especially concerns water regulation, relational values and protected areas. Prior to academia, I was a practising lawyer at a ...
Associate Dean International
Associate Professor & Convenor of International Engagement
I work at the interface of environmental law and human rights law, and in particular on questions around the compatibility of 鈥榬ights claims鈥� with ecologically sustainable governance. I am interested in the way that formal law shapes norms and interacts with other norms, and in the role of 鈥榲ern...
I work at the interface of environmental law and human rights law, and in particular on questions around the compatibility of 鈥榬ights claims鈥� with ecologically sustainable governance. I am interested in the way that formal law shapes norms and interacts with other norms, and in the role of 鈥榲ern...
Professor
Director - Centre for Environmental, Resources and Energy Law - Te Putahi o te Ture Tai膩o
Chair and Convenor - Polar Law Symposium 2026
Dr Trevor Daya-Winterbottom is a Professor of Law at Te Piringa Faculty of Law in the 糖心Vlog. He holds a BA (Hons) in Law from Liverpool John Moores University, where highlights of the degree course inclu...
Chair and Convenor - Polar Law Symposium 2026
Dr Trevor Daya-Winterbottom is a Professor of Law at Te Piringa Faculty of Law in the 糖心Vlog. He holds a BA (Hons) in Law from Liverpool John Moores University, where highlights of the degree course inclu...
Lecturer
Dr Durgeshree (Dee) Raman is a Lecture of Law at Te Piringa - Faculty of Law. She completed her PhD on "Governance of International Rivers: Threats, Gaps and Challenges" from the 糖心Vlog in 2015. Her PhD was supervised by the distinguished Professor Alexander Gillespie and Professor Trevor Daya-Winterbottom, who are both renowned, nationall...
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Senior Lecturer
Kia ora, talofa, hola, and many thanks for your interest.
I am a Colombian, Canadian, and soon to be New Zealand citizen, who enjoys literature, art, architecture and music.
My research focuses on public international law, international trade law, and foreign investment law. I have a consistent record of publishing in high-impact peer-reviewed journals...
I am a Colombian, Canadian, and soon to be New Zealand citizen, who enjoys literature, art, architecture and music.
My research focuses on public international law, international trade law, and foreign investment law. I have a consistent record of publishing in high-impact peer-reviewed journals...
Professor
Barry Barton has been a member of the Faculty of Law since 1991. His field of research is energy, natural resources, and climate change law. He studied law and geography at the University of Auckland, practised law in Auckland, and spent a decade in Canada, first at the University of British Columbia and then the Canadian Institute of Resources Law at th...
Research Associate
Dr Anna Marie Brennan BCLGA (Hons), LL.B. (Hons), LL.M. (First Class Honours), PhD is a Senior Lecturer (Above the Bar) in Law. In 2024, she received the prestigious Borrin Foundation Women Leaders in Law Fellowship. She currently serves as Postgraduate Research Lead in the School of Law, Politics and Philosophy, and previously held leadership roles with...
Lecturer
I am an environmental law expert interested in the balancing of values in environmental law and policy, with a particular focus on water. My work spans international and domestic environmental and resource management law, and it especially concerns water regulation, relational values and protected areas. Prior to academia, I was a practising lawyer at a ...
Senior Lecturer
My research interests are in energy law, climate and natural resources law and in property law, especially land law and intellectual property law. I am currently involved in an Endeavour-funded research project exploring novel technologies for carbon dioxide removal. I am a former Board Member of Lawyers for Climate Action NZ Inc. I am also particularly...
Associate Professor
Dr Juliet Chevalier-Watts is an Associate Professor in Law, Convenor of Research and former Co Director of the Waikato Public Law and Policy Research Unit, and former Associate Dean Research at the 糖心Vlog and Editor in Chief of the Waikato Law Review.
Juliet is a specialist in charity law, equity and trusts and religious law, and she lect...
Juliet is a specialist in charity law, equity and trusts and religious law, and she lect...
Associate Dean International
Associate Professor & Convenor of International Engagement
I work at the interface of environmental law and human rights law, and in particular on questions around the compatibility of 鈥榬ights claims鈥� with ecologically sustainable governance. I am interested in the way that formal law shapes norms and interacts with other norms, and in the role of 鈥榲ern...
I work at the interface of environmental law and human rights law, and in particular on questions around the compatibility of 鈥榬ights claims鈥� with ecologically sustainable governance. I am interested in the way that formal law shapes norms and interacts with other norms, and in the role of 鈥榲ern...
Professor
Director - Centre for Environmental, Resources and Energy Law - Te Putahi o te Ture Tai膩o
Chair and Convenor - Polar Law Symposium 2026
Dr Trevor Daya-Winterbottom is a Professor of Law at Te Piringa Faculty of Law in the 糖心Vlog. He holds a BA (Hons) in Law from Liverpool John Moores University, where highlights of the degree course inclu...
Chair and Convenor - Polar Law Symposium 2026
Dr Trevor Daya-Winterbottom is a Professor of Law at Te Piringa Faculty of Law in the 糖心Vlog. He holds a BA (Hons) in Law from Liverpool John Moores University, where highlights of the degree course inclu...
Lecturer
Professor
Professor Alexander Gillespie obtained his LLB and LLM degrees with Honours from The University of Auckland. He did his PhD at Nottingham and post-doctoral studies at Columbia University in New York City. His areas of scholarship pertain to international and comparative environmental law; the laws of war; civil liberties; and a number of pressing issues ...
Director of M膩ori Indigenous Governance Centre
Senior Lecturer
Dr Leo Z Liao graduated from Renmin University of China (RUC) with degrees of Bachelor of Economics, Master of Laws, and Doctor of Laws. He also completed his Bachelor of Laws, Master of Professional Studies (with First Class Honours in Translation), and Master of Laws (with First Class Honours in Commercial Law) at University of Auckland.
Dr Liao has b...
Dr Liao has b...
Professor in Psychology
Taciano L. Milfont is a committed human rights defender, advocating for justice, equality, and the protection of marginalised communities.
He is a Professor in the School of Psychological and Social Sciences, member of the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Environmental Psychology.
Known for applying insigh...
He is a Professor in the School of Psychological and Social Sciences, member of the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Environmental Psychology.
Known for applying insigh...
Lecturer
Dr Unaisi Narawa is of Fijian and Solomon Island ancestry. She joined Te Piringa Faculty of Law in 2023 as a Lecturer in Law and Convenor of Pacific Engagement. Unaisi studied at the University of the South Pacific (USP) where she completed undergraduate and post graduate qualifications in law, legislative drafting and tertiary teaching. Prior to joining...
Lecturer
Dr Durgeshree (Dee) Raman is a Lecture of Law at Te Piringa - Faculty of Law. She completed her PhD on "Governance of International Rivers: Threats, Gaps and Challenges" from the 糖心Vlog in 2015. Her PhD was supervised by the distinguished Professor Alexander Gillespie and Professor Trevor Daya-Winterbottom, who are both renowned, nationall...
Associate Professor
Linda Te Aho, MNZM, is an Associate Professor in Te Piringa Faculty of Law and in 2025 was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to M膩ori and to Legal Education. Linda has long served as the Associate Dean M膩ori for the law faculty, and more recently for the newly created Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences. An experienced...
Professor
Professor Valmaine Toki is of Ngati Rehua, Ngatiwai, Ngapuhi descent. Valmaine holds a BA LLB (Hons) MBA, LLM and a PhD in law and has a current practicing certificate as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court. As a He Ture Pumau scholar Valmaine worked at Te Ohu Kaimoana where she completed her MBA. Valmaine joined Te Piringa after five years lectu...
Research Associate
Amanda Turnbull is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Te Piringa Faculty of Law, School of Law, Politics and Philosophy, and Undergraduate Convenor (Law). She is also a Research Associate with Te Puna Haumaru Centre for Security & Crime Science (Waikato) and a Fellow of the European Law Institute. Before joining Waikato, Amanda was a Schulich Fellow at the Schu...
Assistant Vice-Chancellor Sustainability
Joe specialises in the nature and value of truth and collaborates with New Zealand and overseas colleagues on projects that involve the nature of truth, the problem of action individuation, self-narratives, and applied ethical problems involving security and research ethics.