Lawyer profiles
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The voices of history
3 November 2017
The stories of some of New Zealand’s pioneering women judges have been recorded for posterity – in their own voices.The…
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Human rights lawyer vows to defend the defenceless
3 November 2017
Being uprooted from her home country as a child to escape a repressive regime has shaped human rights lawyer and…
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Escaping troubled Ireland for the world of Silk and a honeymoon “reccy”
2 November 2017
Growing up in Northern Ireland at the height of the violent sectarian Troubles was hard to shake off for hockey…
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Equestrian’s ride from shearing gang to investigating corporate corpses
26 October 2017
With a law degree, but not convinced after her first job if law was for her, daughter of Taranaki Megan…
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One-time wannabe air hostess now a reinvented lawyer
18 October 2017
Miriam Dean broke two traditions at Russell McVeagh in December, 1987 – by becoming the firm’s first female partner and…
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Staunch Southlander comes from “a fair whack” of legal lineage
12 October 2017
From Lochiel, in central Southland and bred from a long legal line, Winton-based Chris Menzies is likely to trade his…
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The Kiwi protecting Scotland’s children
6 October 2017
It was the lure of “whisky, kilts and castles” that enticed Bruce Adamson to Scotland, but it’s ensuring vulnerable children…
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Security watchdog on the bomb, frightened classmates and life after Voyager
5 October 2017
As a seven-year-old giving a morning talk at school about what his parents did, Ben Keith dropped a nuclear bombshell.His…
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Scuba-diving art collector’s big trek after Post job
28 September 2017
A love of television legal drama series LA Law – and a taste for glamour – steered Sarah Graydon away…
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Craft beer-loving airborne adventurer’s interesting collection of camping grounds
21 September 2017
When opportunities arise Auckland general practitioner Andrew Orr shuts his office door and heads to the ski slopes or one…
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Courtroom drama strikes right chord for wheeling and dealing cyclist
14 September 2017
Running a little antique shop in Dunedin and scouring colonial furniture auctions resulted in a “slightly elongated university career” for…
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Wagnerian shutter-bug and the law of luck
7 September 2017
Unexpectedly exposed to and bitten by Wagnerian opera at Covent Garden in London when she was 12, Kirsty Swadling went…
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Lawyer and best mates hit the road with a lemon for marathon rally adventure
1 September 2017
Some people might question why a group of young men would want to travel in a small beaten-up car from…
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Victoria Anderson, Wairarapa sole practitioner
1 September 2017
An accomplished family lawyer with a passion for children and families, Victoria Anderson has worked mainly as a family lawyer…
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Jail waits for work and fun-mixing skier
31 August 2017
Fancy escaping Auckland for 13 weeks of the year to work from Wanaka, put your kids into the local school…
Last updated on the 16th October 2019