Lawyer profiles
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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…
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NEW IN THE LAW: Holly Tunstall, Woodward Chrisp, Gisborne
31 August 2017
A Wellington native, Holly Tunstall grew up with her family in Titahi Bay in Porirua."I have two older sisters, each…
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Granddaughter of Hawaii “groover” on work, babies and being herself
24 August 2017
Pip Greenwood was worried what returning to work would be like after having her first child at 39 – until…
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STUDYING THE LAW: Sam Macintosh, Victoria University
24 August 2017
Sam Macintosh is a second year law and arts student at Victoria University of Wellington. He works part-time at the…
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Globe-trotting diplomat’s daughter’s brush with world leaders
17 August 2017
David and Naomi Lange used her father’s apartment to deal with their marital problems and Indira Gandhi tidied her hair,…
Last updated on the 16th October 2019