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Story: Ngā mātua – Māori parenting

Caren Fox

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Caren Fox

Caren Fox, of Ngāti Porou and Rongowhakaata, gained her law degree at Victoria University of Wellington while a young mother of two girls. Together with lawyer Moana Jackson, she was instrumental in setting up the Māori Legal Service in Wellington in 1988. She went on to become chief judge of the Māori Land Court.

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Cindy Kiro, Ngā mātua – Māori parenting – Influences on parenting, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/29233/caren-fox (accessed 18 June 2026).

Story by Cindy Kiro, published 10 May 2011, updated 1 June 2017.