Māpuna for Saturday 5 February 2022

12:10 New Justice Aidan Warren

Last year saw the Waitangi Tribunal finding that Cabinet breached the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in its decisions around the vaccine rollout. Ongoing debate around the role of the treaty is in the future of legislation in Aotearoa has been front and centre during the pandemic. So what role does the treaty play in the courts in 2022? 

Judge Aidan Warren is a newly appointed Judge to the Māori Land Court. He was a lawyer for 21 years at McCaw Lewis Chapman and had a lifelong ambition to be a lawyer. An aspiration, ignited by his Koro, to become a lawyer, and fueled by his competitive friends at Te Aute College, was fulfilled with his official swearing in to the Māori Land Court in October last year, and a informal ceremony laced with plaudits held at his school at Te Aute College last month.

Photo: Waikato University

12:30 Shooting high with Maia Wilson 

Life as an international athlete can be difficult at the best of times. But add in the fact that you're the youngest captain ever at the elite level for your franchise team, and a representative for your country after your debut season at just 19, it must come with immense amounts of pressure. Now with Covid-19, a big year ahead internationally, and the expectations of many to go with it, life in sport must be pretty tough. So how do you cope? Joining Julian on our first show of Māpuna, is Silver Fern Maia Wilson. 

Photo: PHOTOSPORT

12:45 Waiata Anthems: Sianne Dougherty   

Our final guest today is actually recording a new single right now at Te Papa. At just 22 years of age, Sianne Dougherty has amassed 1000's of social media followers to her now vast catalogue of popular waiata, that began with her debut single Azalea as a young māmā at 17 years of age. 

She joins Julian to talk about her track on Kaupapa Anthems - which came out on the 4th of February. 

Photo: Sianne Dougherty