Māmari Stephens (Te Rarawa) is an Aohunuku/Reader in Law at Te Kauhanganui Tātai Ture/Faculty of Law, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. A significant contributor to Te Kaupapa Reo-a-Ture/The Legal Māori Project, she recently completed the first comprehensive textbook on social security law. Māmari is a Kaimanaaki, pirihi/Māori chaplain and Anglican priest, and has been a regular writer for e-Tangata and her own blog: Sparrowhawk/ Kārearea (www.sparrowhawkkarearea.com).