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Lawyers in Rotorua

When Kiri Tahana decided to leave her corporate law job in Dubai she made the move back home to Rotorua after 15 years overseas. “This is where I’m from. I’m from Ngati Pikiao, Rotoiti, so I was always keen to eventually return home and use my legal skills to help…

The voices of history

Dame Judith PotterThe stories of some of New Zealand’s pioneering women judges have been recorded for posterity – in their own voices. The New Zealand Women Judges Oral Histories project was the brainchild of the New Zealand Association of Women Judges, and was overseen by Dame Judith Potter and Justice Susan…

Human rights lawyer vows to defend the defenceless

Golriz GhahramanBeing uprooted from her home country as a child to escape a repressive regime has shaped human rights lawyer and new MP Golriz Ghahraman’s career and outlook. Ms Ghahraman left Iran in 1990 when she was nine, and her family were soon granted political asylum in New Zealand. “I lived through…

Pathways in the law: Gibson Sheat, Practising sports law in the professional era

The law firm Gibson Sheat has a long history in the Wellington region, with its origins dating back to the early 1900s. Today it has three offices, in Wellington, Lower Hutt and Masterton, with lawyers covering a wide area of practice with expertise in all aspects of business, litigation, personal legal…

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