A Ngāti Whakaue lawyer is one of the six people named on the expert advisory panel that will advise cabinet ministers under the Fast Track Approvals Act.
David Tapsell (Ngāti Whakaue /Waikato Tainui) is a son of the late Sir Peter Tapsell, a Labour MP and first Māori Speaker of the House. He is also the uncle of Rotorua Mayor and former National parliamentary aspirant, Tania Tapsell.
David Tapsell is a lawyer who spent much of his career working for firms including Bell Gully until 2017 when he became a professional director and advisor to corporate, iwi and Crown interests. He is a chief Crown negotiator on historical Treaty settlements.
Tapsell chairs Ngāti Whakaue’s Pukeroa Oruawhata Trust.
