A great evening at the Kaupapa Māori Moot Competition Final last Friday at Te Piringa, Faculty of Law, organised by Te Whakahipapo (the Waikato Māori Law Student’s Assn). Congratulations to Te Uranga Royal who took out both the Best Overall Mooter award and the McCaw Lewis Award for the Best Mooter in Te Reo Māori.

We were honoured to host the first Waikato Chamber of Commerce Emerge event this morning with guest Chlöe Swarbrick.

We are proud to support “Emerge”: the latest event series from the Waikato Chamber of Commerce. Join us for the first breakfast event on Wednesday, 26 May with guest Chlöe Swarbrick.

Congratulations to Andrew Hong and Kaylee Bird who were admitted to the roll of barristers and solicitors of the High Court of New Zealand yesterday in Hamilton. 

We are delighted to announce Jessica Middleton’s promotion to Senior Associate.

To mark International Women’s Day we’d like to congratulate Aliesha Miers-Greene on her promotion to Senior Legal Executive, and welcome Emma Toseland, Carmen Mataira, Amy Bird and Sarah Scrivener to the team.

We wish everyone a safe few days at the updated Covid-19 Alert Levels, and in particular our Auckland clients and colleagues. Our premises will remain open during Alert Level 2 for face-to-face client meetings. However, meetings must be by appointment and our team may ask to meet via audio-visual link instead. 

The sun was shining on the courts of the Waikato Tennis Centre during the Waikato Tennis Open-Graded Tournament on Sunday 31 January, sponsored by McCaw Lewis. Players battled the heat, and their opposition, across various grades.

McCaw Lewis and Northern Districts Cricket have signed a two-year agreement with the Northern Māori program and the women’s game a key focus.

McCaw Lewis is delighted to appoint Laura Monahan, Dale Thomas and Amanda Hockley as Directors of the firm. 

The Directors are delighted to announce that Jerome Burgess and Kylee Katipo have been promoted to the role of Senior Associate, while Zane Mora and Kuru Ketu have been promoted to Associate. 

The Directors are excited to announce Law Clerks Kaylee Bird and Cree Ratapu will be moving to permanent, full-time roles at McCaw Lewis.

The McCaw Lewis Directors are delighted to announce that Renika Siciliano has been appointed as Executive Director of the firm from 1 October 2020. Renika leads the firm's Workplace Law Team and co-leads the Māori Legal Team. She is the youngest appointed leader of the McCaw Lewis Board of Directors to date, and the first Māori woman.

We were proud to sponsor the Kaupapa Māori Moot Finals at The Faculty of Law – Te Piringa last week. The Competition gives tauira Māori the opportunity to moot on a relevant Māori legal issue and competitors can moot in either English or Te Reo Māori. 

Please join us in welcoming four new faces and one returnee to the McCaw Lewis whānau. We are pleased to introduce Katia Holland, Andrew Hong, Karuna Deobhakta, James Lewis and Huia Harding.