Celebrating Law Faculty’s New Year Honours
A number of Victoria University of Wellington Law Faculty alumni were recognised on the New Year Honours List 2016.
Honourable Justice Terence Arnold, Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (KNZM) for services to the judiciary. Justice Arnold was appointed a Supreme Court Judge in June 2013, having previously been a Judge of the High Court and Court of Appeal since 2006. He has taught law and been a partner in a law firm. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1997. Justice Arnold was Solicitor-General and Chief Executive of the Crown Law Office from 2000 to 2006.
Honourable Justice Pamela Andrews, Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) for services to the judiciary. Justice Andrews was a High Court Judge from 2006 until her retirement from the bench in 2015. She has worked as a writer/journalist, in public service and as a partner in a law firm.
Honourable Justice Alan McKenzie, Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) for services to the judiciary. Justice MacKenzie was a judge of the High Court from 2004 until retiring in 2015. He has acted for government organisations around regulatory matters and advised the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and the Overseas Investment Commission.
John Te Manihera Chadwick, Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for services to Māori and the law. Mr Chadwick has been the managing partner of three all-Māori law firms in Rotorua. He now practices law as a Barrister. He has founded or served on a number of societies and trusts and advised government on Māori and the law.
Conrad Smith, Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for services to rugby. Mr Smith made his All Blacks debut in 2004 and was a member of the All Blacks squads that achieved victory at the 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cups.
Rachel Emere Taulelei, Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for services to the food and hospitality industry. Ms Taulelei is an award-winning entrepreneur and business woman. She was formerly New Zealand Trade Commissioner in Los Angeles, and in 2012 received a Sir Peter Blake Leadership award. She has founded and run companies and has a number of directorships.
Judge Leslie Herrick Atkins QC, Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (QSO) for services to the judiciary. Judge Atkins was a District Court Judge from 1997 until his retirement in 2015, serving the bulk of his time in Palmerston North.
He has taught law and practised as a Barrister and Solicitor specialising in criminal law. He was appointed a Queen’s Counsel in 1990.
Heta Kenneth Hingston, Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (QSO) for services to Māori and the judiciary. Mr Heta Hingston has had a legal career spanning 40 years and is a former judge of the Cook Islands High Court and Court of Appeal and Chief Justice of the High Court of Niue. He is most notably recognised as the judge who made the initial decision on Māori ownership of the foreshore and seabed, which was upheld by the Court of Appeal in 2003.
More detailed profiles can be found here: http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/ny2016-list