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New Zealand judge (born 1940)
Eddie Durie
Durie in 2008
In office 1998–2004
Born
Edward Taihakurei Durie
(1940-01-18 ) 18 January 1940 (age 84 ) Spouse Donna Hall Children 1
Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie KNZM (born 18 January 1940) is a New Zealand jurist who served on the High Court of New Zealand between 1998 and 2004. He was the first Māori appointed as a judge of a New Zealand court .
Career
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Durie graduated with a BA and an LLB from Victoria University of Wellington in 1964.
Durie was appointed a judge in 1974 and then was the Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court from 1980–1998, Chairman of the Waitangi Tribunal from 1980–2004, and a Law Commissioner . In 1998 he was appointed to the High Court of New Zealand . He retired from the High Court in 2004, at which point he was the longest-serving member of the New Zealand judiciary .[1] [2]
In 2009, Durie was appointed by Attorney-General Chris Finlayson to chair the Ministerial taskforce on the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 .[3]
In 2012, Durie was elected to the Maori Council and elected co-chair, a role he held until being appointed the sole chair of the national body in April 2016.[4]
Honours and awards
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In 1977, Durie was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal , and in 1990 he received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal .[5] In the 2008 New Year Honours , Durie was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit , for services to the Maori Land Court, Waitangi Tribunal and High Court of New Zealand.[6] In 2009 , following the reinstatement of titular honours by the New Zealand government, he accepted redesignation as a Knight Companion of New Zealand Order of Merit .[7]
Durie holds honorary doctorates from Victoria University of Wellington ,[8] Massey University [9] and the University of Waikato .[10]
Personal life
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Durie is of Rangitāne , Ngāti Kauwhata and Ngāti Raukawa descent. The community leader John Mason Durie (1889–1971) was his grandfather,[11] and he is the younger brother of Māori academic, Professor Sir Mason Durie . Durie is married to lawyer Donna Hall who operates a law firm, Woodward, from their home in Lower Hutt .[citation needed ]
On 13 April 2002, Durie's 8-month-old adopted daughter Kahurautete ('Kahu') was kidnapped at gunpoint in Lower Hutt and held for $ 3 million ransom.[12] Kahu was found by police eight days later, 660 kilometres (410 mi ) away in Taumarunui .[13] The kidnapper was sentenced to eleven years imprisonment and released after serving seven years.[14] The kidnapping was the subject of the 2010 film Stolen: The Baby Kahu Story in which Eddie Durie was played by George Henare .[15]
References
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^ "New Zealand Law Society" . Archived from the original on 22 May 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2010 .
^ "Waatea News | Podcasts" . Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2016 .
^ Taylor, Alister ; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand . Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 129. ISBN 0-908578-34-2 .
^ "New Year honours list 2008" . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2007. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2019 .
^ "Special honours list 1 August 2009" . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 5 April 2011. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2019 .
^ "Honorary graduates and Hunter fellowships" . wgtn.ac.nz . Victoria University of Wellington. Archived from the original on 25 March 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2023 .
^ "Te Aute leaders 1st XV celebrated" . massey.ac.nz . Massey University. 10 November 2009. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021 .
^ "Honorary Doctors of the University of Waikato" . Calendar: University of Waikato . Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021 .
^ Durie, Mason ; Durie, Meihana. "Rangitāne – 20th and 21st centuries: survival and adaptation" . Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020 .
^ "NZ judge's baby girl abducted" . News 24 . 14 April 2002. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014 .
^ "Baby Kahu Found Safe And Well" . Scoop . 21 April 2002. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014 .
^ "Kidnapper set for freedom as victim turns eight" . Stuff . 1 August 2009. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014 .
^ "Parents of kidnapped baby Kahu angry over TV drama" . The New Zealand Herald . 29 July 2010. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014 .
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