'Awatea Mita is a scholar with research interests in settler colonialism, Māori justice and mātauranga Māori. Her current research explores the increase of criminal justice claims before the Witangi Tribunal. The Waitangi Tribunal has prioritised a Kaupapa Criminal Justice Inquiry and this is due, in part, to the Bail Amendment Act 2013 claim she filed.'
Biographical sources
- Ngā Kupu Wero. Ed. Witi Ihimaera. New Zealand: Penguin Books, 2023. 355
Other
- Aren't, can't, don't: A society that denies the incarcerated a vote is a socity stamping on human rights. The Spinoff 28 November 2018. Rpt inNgā Kupu Wero. Ed. Witi Ihimaera. New Zealand: Penguin Books, 2023. 74-78.