Lindsey Te Ata o Tu MacDonald

Lindsey MacDonald defended his PhD thesis ‘a political philosophy of property rights’ in December 2008 and then joined the Department of Political Science at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Lindsey had previously lectured for the indigenous studies programme at Canterbury (2003-7), and the political science programme at Auckland University (2003). Before returning to University, Lindsey worked at Te Puni Kokiri (Ministry of Maori Development) 1996-7, and at the State Services Commission between 1998-2001. He is the registered contact for the WAI 2575 Inquiry.