Maui Solomon (Moriori/Ngai Tahu) is a lawyer with 35 years legal experience specializing in Treaty law, commercial law, resource management, cultural and intellectual property and Treaty/Indigenous Peoples Rights. He has been a key legal and political advocate for the recognition of the customary rights and identity of his Moriori people of Rekohu (Chatham Islands) and was CEO for Hokotehi Moriori Trust for 12 years. 

Solomon was senior counsel for three tribes from Te Taitokerau in the Wai 262 flora and fauna claim and is a former member of the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission. He is a former President of the International Society of Ethnobiologist and current Chair of the Aotearoa New Zealand Peace and Conflicts Studies Trust. He is currently involved in regenerative farming and developing a native plants nursery on his family land on Rekohu. 

Solomon is Chair of the PSGE entity the Moriori Imi Settlement Trust and lives on Rekohu with his wife Susan.