Andrew Erueti teaches and researches in the areas of constitutional law and comparative and international indigenous rights. He has typically combined his academic work with advocacy for the rights of Indigenous peoples at the domestic and international levels. From 2007 - 2013 he was Amnesty International's adviser on Indigenous rights in its head office London and then the UN-office in Geneva. He has advised Maori and indigenous peoples on claims to the Waitangi tribunal and human rights treaty bodies, including the UN CERD Committee and UN Human Rights Committee. In 2018, he was appointed to the New Zealand Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions