Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Whakaue
Judge Stephanie Milroy was appointed to the Māori Land Court on 9 September 2002.
Based in Hamilton, she is one of two resident Judges for the Te Waipounamu District of the Māori Land Court, hearing cases in Christchurch, Invercargill and Dunedin.
Before she was appointed, Judge Milroy was a senior lecturer in law at the University of Waikato and was also an associate partner at Harkness Henry and Co, Barristers and Solicitors. She has also previously held the role of a senior investigating solicitor at the Commercial Affairs Department in Hamilton.
Judge Milroy has considerable knowledge of Treaty and Māori legal issues through her research and lecturing. She has also presented and published numerous articles on different Māori topics. She is a member of the Waitangi Tribunal, serving as the Deputy Chairperson from 2010 to 2015.