Pamela Jean Andrews is a retired New Zealand judge and lawyer. She served on the

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from 2006 to 2015.

Career

Andrews graduated from

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with an

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in 1983, having previously worked as a writer and journalist at the Consumers' Institute, and for the

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between 1968 and 1973. She worked at law firm Luke Cunningham and Clere, before joining Kensington Swan (later acquired by

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) in 1985 and being made a partner in 1988. Andrews served as a member of the Refugee Status Appeals Authority, resigning in 2006 upon her appointment to the High Court. She sat on the bench of the High Court in

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for nine years, until retiring in 2015. She then chaired the Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal from May 2016 to 2019.

Honours

Andrews was appointed a

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, for services to the judiciary, in the 2016 New Year Honours, and was invested with the honour on 27 April 2016.

References

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