Pamela Andrews

Andrews graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with an LLB in 1983,^[1] having previously worked as a writer and journalist at the Consumers' Institute, and for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 1968 and 1973.^[2][3] She worked at law firm Luke Cunningham and Clere, before joining Kensington Swan (later acquired by Dentons) in 1985 and being made a partner in 1988.^[3][4]

Andrews served as a member of the Refugee Status Appeals Authority, resigning in 2006 upon her appointment to the High Court.^[5] She sat on the bench of the High Court in Auckland for nine years, until retiring in 2015.^[6] She then chaired the Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal from May 2016 to 2019.^[7]

Andrews was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the judiciary, in the 2016 New Year Honours,^[1][2][8] and was invested with the honour on 27 April 2016.^[9]