Mihaka v Police - [1981] 1 NZLR 54

Practice — Hearing — Right of audience — "McKenzie" friend claimed right to represent defendant as a Maori agent before District Court — Meaning of "Maori agent" in s 17(2) of the Law Practitioners Act 1955 — Extent of the right of a litigant in person to the assistance of a "friend in Court" discussed.