Erin Matariki Carr

Lawyer, researcher and facilitator with a focus on constitutional transformation.

Erin Matariki Carr is of Ngāi Tūhoe and Ngāti Awa descent, and currently lives in Tāneatua just north of Te Urewera rainforest.

Matariki is a lawyer, researcher and facilitator having completed her studies at Victoria University of Wellington with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Spanish.

Matariki’s work experience has been in the arena of Māori legal systems and organisation, including as a solicitor in Te Waka Ture team at Chapman Tripp and as a manager in the Ōnukurani team at Tūhoe Te Uru Taumatua in service to Te Urewera rainforest. Matariki's main focus is on the kaupapa (topic) of constitutional transformation, inspired by the visionary work of Pā Moana Jackson and many others, and the imaginative work required to bridge the legal and social worlds of te ao Māori and te ao Pākehā (the Māori and non-Māori worlds).

Matariki currently works as a contractor, currently serving as a contributor to Me Tū-a-Uru action plan for a flourishing and abundant environment, a project lead for RIVER, a facilitator with Tūmanako Consultants, as a Research Fellow at the University of Auckland Faculty of Law and serves on the Steering Committee of Te Kuaka NZA.