Anthea is the Deputy Solicitor-General for the Attorney-General’s Group. Anthea rejoined Crown Law in mid-2024, after spending the last decade as a Chief Legal Advisor and senior lawyer within Government, mostly recently as the Treasury Solicitor.

From 2001-2014 Anthea was in public law groups at Crown Law where she specialised in civil litigation including on regulatory appeals, tort claims, government contracting cases and as a Counsel for the Crown on the Royal Commission into the Pike River Mine Tragedy. She has also served as Private Secretary to the Attorney-General. Between 2012-2018 Anthea sat on the Legislation Advisory Committee/Legislation Design Advisory Committee.

Anthea has a LLB/BA (Politics) from Victoria University, LLM (Health Law and Policy) from the University of Toronto (with the support of a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Fellowship) and a Diploma in Te Reo Māori (Heke Reo Māori) from Te Wānanga o Raukawa. Anthea is published internationally and nationally on public law topics, including on ethics for Crown lawyers.

Chief Legal Adviser, Department of Corrections

Brigadier Kennedy-Good is the Director of the NZDF’s Legal Services and the Director of Military Prosecutions. He has served in the Army since 2002 and has been a lawyer with the NZDF’s legal team since 2008. He has extensive operational legal experience including as the Chief Legal Adviser at Headquarters Joint Forces New Zealand as well as through operational deployments to Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea, and the Republic of Korea.

In his role as the Director of the NZDF’s Legal Services, Brigadier Kennedy-Good is responsible for the provision of legal support across the NZDF and the delivery of legal advice across four functional legal areas: operations, personnel, governance & delivery, and resources. As the Director of Military Prosecutions, he also oversees the prosecutorial function of the military justice system.

Manager, Public Law, Te Tai Ōhanga The Treasury

Rebecca (Ngāti Porou) was appointed inaugural CE of the Sport Integrity Commission Te Kahu Raunui in July 2024, after leading its establishment as Integrity Transition Programme director for two years.

The Commission is an independent Crown entity, set up to enhance integrity within sport and physical recreation to protect and promote the safety and well-being of participants and the fairness of competition, as well as give effect to the World Anti-Doping Code in New Zealand.

Rebecca has held leadership roles with NZ Police, the Serious Fraud Office, Corrections and Sport NZ. As an athlete, Rebecca represented New Zealand as a Football Fern and as a White Fern.