Looking back on the highlights of the star-studded celebration
NZ Lawyer celebrated the country’s legal profession in a stunning gala affair.
Speaker 1 [00:00:00] It's my pleasure to welcome you all to the New Zealand Lawyer Awards 2023, presented by New Zealand Lawyer and Key Media.
Speaker 1 [00:00:16] New Zealand Lawyer awards would not be possible without the support of our event partner, Lexis Nexis.
Aya Riola [00:00:25] Big thank you to the organising committee for allowing us to be part of this iconic event. Thanking all of you for this opportunity, and let the celebration of legal excellence and innovation begin. Thank you.
Abhi Patni [00:00:41] Congratulations to all the nominees and the award goes to Webb Henderson, it's one of the most important functions for New Zealand legal fraternity. And we as a promoter of rule of law, I think this is the epitome of all the awards that we can give always to them.
Mia Anderson [00:01:06] And the winner is Simpson Grierson.
Jo Stevenson [00:01:09] Great energy. Everyone's having fun and really nice to connect with our colleagues and friends from other firms.
Jo Stevenson [00:01:15] So cool to be here again this year and take this award away again, yeah, it's really cool.
Vicky Lee [00:01:21] And the winner is.
Tim Austen [00:01:27] And the winner is Meridian Energy.
Tim Austen [00:01:31] It's a it's a kind of massive recognition for the whole team. And a massive amount of work that we've put out into the last little while so it's yeah, it's pretty special.
Tim Austen [00:01:38] It's been going good. It's been a lot of fun. There's been a bit of nervous energy around but it's nice to kind of flush that out. So yeah feeling pretty stoked.
David Butler [00:01:56] and the winner is 2degrees.
Louise Henderson [00:02:00] Amazing. And we had awesome, isn't this when you're gracious and you say well, the the competition was so stiff and it was you know, excellence around across the board. So yeah, it was great.
Apryl Burgess [00:02:15] And the winner is Russell McVeagh.
Abhi Patni [00:02:28] And the winner is Allison Arthur-Young, Russell McVeagh.
Allison Arthur-Young [00:02:34] I just want to say thank you so much. What an incredible room to be in. Really honored. Thank you
