We are pleased to share some photographs from the recent Trans-Tasman Bar Conference 2024: The Timeless Value of Insight and Wisdom held in Tāhuna Queenstown on 16-17 August 2024.
Please note these images are all subject to copyright.
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Association's Presidents - Peter Dunning KC and Maria Dew KC |
| Council are formally welcomed to Tāhuna Queenstown by representatives of two Kāi Tahu Papatipu Rūnanga - Ōraka Aparima and Hokonui. |
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Matu Coleman-Clarke opened proceedings and addressed attendees. |
| Council members past and present perform a rendition of Hirini Melbourne’s waiata, Purea Nei, joined by Annette Sykes, Te Rangihuia Hata, Natalie Coates, and Bernadette Roka Arapere |
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Junior Barristers Savanna Gaskell (NZ) and Megan Brooks (Aus) with Maria Dew KC |
| An engaged audience |
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Gold sponsor LexisNexis |
| Morning tea |
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Maria Dew KC at the conference opening |
| Bernadette Roka Arapere |
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Bernadette Roka Arapere, Hon Justice Stephen Kόs |
| Hon Justice Stephen Kόs |
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Frances Joychild KC |
| Morning tea exhition area a bustling space |
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Angela Chu from the Private Office, great to see them back again |
| Thomson Reuters sponsored the coffee this year. A popular stand to visit. |
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Fruit stand sponsored by MAS |
| Róisín Annesley KC |
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Sarah Jerebine stepped in to chair the panel |
| Fiona Ryan SC |
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Institutional Child Sex Abuse Claims panel |
| Michael Green SC - Navigating the new frontier: legal ethics in the digital age, chaired by Savanna Gaskell |
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Audience engagement |
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Questions from the floor |
| Some cheeky wine tasting over lunch sponsored by File Republic |
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Vlex joined as a new sponsor in 2024 |
| File Republic (was BundlePro) sponsored us again this year |
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Ian Robertson SC and Sarah Wroe |
| Dr Matt Collins KC presented LGBTIQA+ inclusion, language, and diversity |
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Esther Watt introduces keynote speaker |
| Sarah Jerebine and Frazer Barton |
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Question from the floor |
| Hon Justice Isac |
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Elizabeth Hall |
| Madeleine Laracy, Deputy Solicitor-General |
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Ruth Shann SC |
| Kirsten Edwards SC |
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File Republic's Susan Kratzer with Digi Master's Maria Masterantonio |
| April Aguilar from Marsh |
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| Genevieve Haszard introduces Hon Justice O'Meara |
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Justice O'Meara - Mental health at the Bench and Bar |
| Iswari Jayanandan |
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Audience engagement |
| John Billington KC asks a question |
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Drinks on Friday evening sponsored by Curated Risk |
| Isabella Clarke |
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Frazer Barton, Daniel Kalderimis KC, Grier Gardyne, Colin Carruthers KC |
| Kishen Kommu |
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Martin Williams chairs - Climate change litigation |
| Martin Williams, Hon Tony Randerson CNZM KC, Emrys Nekvapil SC, Jenny Cooper KC, Alofipo So'o alo Fleur Ramsay |
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| Hon Justice Goddard | Hon Justice Bromberg | |
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Matanuku Mahuika (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Raukawa) |
| Matanuku Mahuika (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Raukawa) |
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Róisín Annesley KC, Carmen Currie, Dale McQualter |
| Ana Cathcart and Peter Lycett |
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| Stephen Hunter KC, Daniel Kalderimis KC, Gowan Duff, Patrick Fogarty |
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Lynda Kearns, Aly Strang, Jeremy Sutton |
| Siobhan Cervin, Isobel Ryan, Grier Gardyne |
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Hon John Middleton AM KC |
| James Farmer KC, Ingrid Stewart, Emma Priest, Samara Taghavi, Deborah Coddington, Colin Carruthers KC |
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James Rapley KC, Richard McGuire |
| Members of Kate Sheppard Chambers turned out in force |
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| Sam Hay KC and Raini Zambelli | Mike Heron KC, Madeline Laracy | |
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| Kelsey Rissman, Denese Bates KC | Kate Galvin and Hon Justice O'Meara | |
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Paul David KC |
| Peter Dunning KC |
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Frances Joychild KC and Natalie Coates |
| Natalie Coates, Vicki Momberg (LexisNexis) Annette Sykes, Frances Joychild KC |
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| Annette Sykes | Annette Sykes and Te Ringahuia Hata |
