Tiana Barker

Tiana is an Associate in our Kahurangi Team specialising in Te Ture Whenua Māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi matters.

Tiana has a passion for excellence and strives to provide quality legal advice and service. Her approach to working with clients is highly collaborative—focused on understanding their needs and working collectively to achieve lasting outcomes. She highly values kotahitanga and provides practical solutions with a focus on tikanga.

Tiana enjoys connecting with people, assisting to achieve great outcomes, and resolving difficult situations, which often involves travelling around the motu. Her practice focuses strongly on Māori land matters, including legal advice regarding land utilisation, disputes, Māori Estates, Māori Land Trusts, and Māori Incorporations.

Her unique skills include her empathy and ability to genuinely connect with clients, alongside extensive experience in Māori land development, utilisation, disputes, and governance.

Born and raised in Kirikiriroa, Tiana completed her legal studies at Te Piringa Faculty of Law at the University of Waikato. She is a proud māmā and is motivated and inspired by her whānau and daughters. Outside of work, she enjoys connecting with whānau and friends over good food and coffee, relaxing at the beach, reading, being in nature, and the traditional craft of creating korowai.

Tiana joined the McCaw Lewis whānau in 2022.