Legal Advice/Aid

Legal Advice is offered free

at the 155 Community House


Wednesday afternoons between 4 pm and 5.30 pm.

Ring Aro (09)437 0185 for an appointment during the week. On Wednesday there will be a phone reminder of your appointment, including the two lawyers who are on duty.

Legal Assistance

We have a roster of 9 lawyers who come in, two each week. The lawyers who are part of this collective at present are

Rob Harte, Tanya Field, Ryan Welsh and Rupert Wakeman
Webb, Ross Johnson (09)438 3099

Tanya Belz and Frank Kaire
David Shanahan (09)430 0674

Nick Leader and Faye Hohaia
Thomson Wilson (09)438 4039

Bernadette O'Connor, Linda Emmerson, Joe Andersson
Henderson Reeves Connell Rishworth (09)430 4350


Advocacy and paralegal work

This is carried out by the One Double Five team during the week in consultation with one of our lawyers and YouthLaw (09 309 6967). In some cases people who ring up are in need of immediate assistance. In this case the legal secretary arranges to see a lawyer from our roster at their rooms.
Luci Mangu pictured at the mouth of the Whanagrei Harbour

Legal costs in land and resource claims are high


Luci Mangu, One Double Five's Legal Secretary who passed away in May 2007, is pictured at the mouth of Whangarei Harbour in October 2000.

On the day that work was started on dredging for a superport. This will kill pipi (shellfish) and kaimoana (seafood) that has sustained generations.

What will future generations do?