Maui Solomon (Moriori, Kai Tahu and Pakeha), an Indigenous Rights lawyer specialising in cultural and intellectual property with 30+ years’ legal experience locally and internationally, is a Past-President of the International Society of Ethnobiology and current Executive Chair of his tribal organisation, Hokotehi Moriori Trust. Maui has for 34 years been a leader in revitalizing the culture and identity of the Moriori peoples of Rekohu/Chatham Islands (once described as “extinct”).