26 September 2013 Chief Judge launches commemorative Lincoln lecture series

The Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court, Wilson Isaac, delivered a guest lecture at Lincoln University today (26 September) launching a series of addresses which will lead up to commemorations in 2014 around the life of distinguished old student Sir Turi Carroll.

Chief Judge Isaac, who has family links with the Carroll whanau, spoke on the role of the Māori Land Court and the development of Māori land. Describing the Court’s many functions, he said he hoped it was seen by land owners as an “enabler” to help them achieve what they wanted to achieve with their land.

Sir Turi Carroll, from Wairoa in northern Hawke’s Bay, was a Diploma of Agriculture student at Lincoln University (then known as Canterbury Agricultural College) over 1910 – 1912, played representative rugby for Canterbury,  and went on to a distinguished career in the development of Māori agriculture and in local body and community affairs. He became President of the New Zealand Māori Council and was knighted in 1962 for his services to Maoridom. Sir Turi died in 1975 aged 85.