Tūhoe, Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tai ki Tōrere, Ngāti Manawa, Ngāti Maniapoto, Tainui, Te Aupōuri
I tohua a Kaiwhakawā Te Kani Williams ki te Kooti Whenua Māori i te 30 o Hepetema 2021. Ko ia tētahi o ngā Kaiwhakawā o te Kooti Whenua Māori mō Te Rohe o Te Taitokerau e whakawā ana i ngā kēhi i Whāngārei me Tāmaki Makaurau.
Nō Tūhoe, Ngāti Manawa me Ngāti Maniapoto te whaea o Kaiwhakawā Williams, ā, nō Te Whakatōhea, Ngāi Tai ki Tōrere, Tainui, me Te Aupōuri tōna matua pāpā. He kaiako raua, ā, nā tērā i waimarie a Kaiwhakawā Williams ki te pakeke mai i ngā wāhi pērā i a Te Whetū, Kāwhia, Pātea me Rūātoki. Nā tana haere ki Te Kura ō Rūātoki i akona ia ki te reo Māori i mua i tānā haerenga ki Tāmaki Makaurau ki Mt Albert Grammar School kura ai, ā, e rua noa iho rāua ngā tauira i ako i te reo Māori i te kura tamatāne i roto i te tokomaha o te 1,200. I a ia i reira i waimarie ia ki te tākaro i ngā hākinakina maha i roto i ngā kapa hākinakina toa o te kura (Poiuka, Tēnehi, Poipātū, Hoe Waka me te Whutupōro), ā, i uru ia ki te Kapa Whutupōro Kura Tuarua o Tāmaki Makaurau i te tau 1984.
I muri mai ka haere a Kaiwhakawā Williams ki Te Whare Takiura o Tāmaki Makaurau (koirā tōna ingoa i mua) mō te rua tau kātahi ka uru ki te ako i te Kaikaute Whaitohu, i mua i te whakawhiti ki Waipapa Taumata Rau ki te ako i ngā tohu o te Ture me te Toi, ā, ka puta ia me tōna Tohu Paetahi Toi i te tau 1994 me te Tohu Paetahi Ture i te tau 1995. I uru ia ki te umanga ture o C.J.McGuire i te tau 1994, ā, ka uru hei Rōia Tuakana i taua umanga i te tau 1997 i mua i te tohutanga o te Tumuaki, ā, C.J.McGuire ki te pae whakawā o te Kooti ā-Rohe i Rotorua. Kātahi ka whakatōpū taua umanga ki a DE Wackrow i te tau 1997 kia puta ko Wackrow & Co, ā, ka uru ia hei hoa hare kōtui i taua umanga i te tau 2002 e mōhiotia ana ināianei ko Wackrow Williams & Davies Limited. I uru te Umanga ture ki ngā whiringa toa i Ngā Tohu Ture o Aotearoa i ngā wā e toru, ā, i whakawhiwhia ki ngā tohu e rua i ngā tohu reo Māori o Aotearoa. Nā ngā umanga ture i uru atu ia i whai wāhi atu ia ki ngā mahi ture tino arowhānui, i uru ki ngā mahi Taihara i te Kooti ā-Rohe me te Kooti Teitei, me te whakatipu i tētahi umanga ture e pā ana ki Ngā Rawa Kāinga me te Arumoni Whenua, Rawa Hononga, Ngā Tarahiti, Whai Mahi, Arumoni, Kōkiri Take Ture ā-Tangata i te Kooti ā-Rohe, Kooti Teitei me te Kooti Pīra. Engari, i aro ētahi wāhanga nui o tōna ara mahi ture ki ngā take Ture Māori i te Kooti Whenua Māori, Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi me ngā whakariterite whakataunga i mahi ia mā ngā rōpū mana whakahaere ā-hapū, ā-iwi maha. I taua wā anō ia i waimarie tonu ia i roto i ana mahi hākinakina i roto i te whutupōro, me te uru ki te kapa NZ Touch Barbarians Masters i toa i a rātou te Whakataetae ā-Kiwa i Whītī i te tau 2013 me te tākaro whutupōro mō Ponsonby i te whakataetae Taumāhekeheke Pakeke o te Ao i te tau 2017 i reira ka toa i a rātou te mētara Kōura.
Ko Kaiwhakawā Williams tētahi o ngā Tumuaki-Takirua o mua o Te Hunga Roia Māori o Aotearoa (2006-2008), i kauhau ia i ngā hui mō te Auckland District Law Society, Auckland College of Law, NZ Bar Association me ngā World Indigenous Law Conferences e rua. I ngā tau kua pahure ko ia anō he Kaikōmihana o Te Taha Māori o Te Haahi Weteriana o Aotearoa.