appointments
Appointment: Notary Public, NZ
Appointment: Commissioner of Oaths, Kingdom of Tonga (equivalent of a Notary Public in NZ)
Appointment: Mental Health Tribunal, Co-opted Member, NZ
Appointment: Commander of the Order of the Royal Household of the Kingdom of Tonga, C.R.H. (equivalent of the British ‘Commander of the (Royal House of) Victoria Order’, C.V.O. – a personal award from the reigning sovereign)
Award: International Prize as Chairman of Winning Multi-National Training Group, 7th International East Asia/Pacific Infrastructure Regulatory Forum (EAPIRF) Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam
Appointment: Commissioner, Tonga Electricity Commission
Appointment: Royal Land Commissioner (judicial warrant), Royal Commission of Inquiry into Lands, Kingdom of Tonga
Appointment: Senior Counsel S.C., Supreme Court of Tonga (equivalent of a K.C. in NZ, Australia, UK)
Appointment: Category 4, elite ‘Murder list’ Defence Counsel Criminal for Legal Aid List, NZ
Appointment: Adjudicator for Disputes Resolution Services (formerly Accident Compensation Commission Tribunal), NZ
Award: Silver National Design Award (International), Fasson Australasian Label Design Awards, Sydney, Australia
Award: Gold National Design Award (NZ), Fasson National Label Design Awards, Auckland, NZ
MEMBERSHIPS
New Zealand Society of Notaries, NZSN
Legal Research Foundation, RLF (NZ)
Pacific Island Lawyers Association (NZ), PILA
Criminal Bar Association, (NZ)
Pacific Island Maritime Law Association, PIMLA
Tonga Chamber of Commerce, TCC
NZ/Tongan Business Association, NZTBA
New Zealand Institute of Directors, NZID
New Zealand Maori Lawyers Society (Te Hunga Roea)
Australia New Zealand Sport Law Association, ANZSLA
Tongan Law Society, TLS
New Zealand Law Society, NZLS