George Tanner
George Tanner QC, of Lower Hutt, received the Insignia of a Companion of the NZ Order of Merit, for services to the law, on 4 April 2008. Mr Tanner, pictured after the ceremony with the Governor-General and Mrs Susan Satyanand and friends and family, has had a career in law spanning 35 years, most recently as Chief Parliamentary Counsel, a position he held from 1996 till his recent retirement.