I have a Bachelor of Laws and a Masters degree in Entertainment Law.

My industry appointments include:

• President of Screen Producers and Directors Association of NZ (SPADA) 2000, 2001
• Vice-president of SPADA 1999
• Executive of SPADA 1994 – 2002
• SPADA Alternative Representative to Copyright Council 1999 – 2001
• Board of Women in Film & Television (Auckland) Inc (WIFT) 1996 – present
• Executive of WIFT 1994 – 1998
• Governance Board of WIFT 2004 – present

I have lectured and written on matters of interest in the fields of intellectual property and entertainment law and have written and/or collaborated in drafting the following submissions:

• Submissions to Select Committee on Employment Relations Bill 2000
• Submissions to Select Committee on the Inquiry in to New Zealand’s Economic and Trade Relationship with Australia
• Submissions to the Government on Digital Technology and the Copyright Act 1994
• Further submissions to the Government on Technology and the Copyright Act 1994
• Submissions relating to Performers Rights
• Submissions relating to Parallel Importing
• Submissions relating to Censorship
• SPADA Paper on Local Content

I have:

• Appeared before Government Select Committees relating to:
  • Employment Relations Bill 2000
  • New Zealand’s Economic Trade Relationship with Australia
• Participated in Ministry of Economic Development Discussion Group on Digital Technology and the Copyright Act

Litigation has included a successful class action representing 1900 plaintiffs who were unable to see an outdoor performance of the opera “Aida”

Film Credits include:

• Once Were Warriors
• Rain
• Perfect Strangers
• Topless Women Talk About Their Lives
• Broken English
• Crooked Earth
• The Merchant of Venice (Te Tangata Whai Rawa O Venice)
• Channelling Baby
• Jubilee

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