Peter Stubbs is a leading New Zealand marketing lawyer [1] and the head of the Sports, Entertainment and Marketing practice of Simpson Grierson. He is the legal counsel for The New Zealand Marketing Association , the Direct Selling Association of New Zealand and a bi-monthly columnist for New Zealand's Marketing Magazine since 1995.
Stubbs' other clients include Kellogg, George Weston Foods, Amway, Netball NZ and Yachting NZ among others.
Stubbs is currently Deputy Chairman of The Edge Performing Arts & Convention Centre [2] and until 2007, deputy chairman of Tourism New Zealand. Stubbs was a long-term member (1991-2006) and then chairman (2001-2006) of the Hamilton City Council Events Sponsorship Subcommittee. Stubbs is also a founding member and was later president of the New Zealand Events and Sponsorship Association.
He was secondary educated at Mount Albert Grammar School where he was Dux before graduating with an LLB (Hons). Stubbs is a member of the Institute of Directors, Stubbs holds a Certificate in Company Direction from the Institute and a Certificate in the Fundamentals of Management from Columbia Business School.
Peter Brown is an English born New Zealand politician. He was a member of parliament for and deputy leader of the New Zealand First party.
Colin Andrew Nielsen Beyer was a New Zealand lawyer. He was a partner and then consultant with Simpson Grierson in Wellington. Also prominent businessman with many governance positions, Beyer was a securities commissioner on the Securities Commission of New Zealand from 2001 until 2010. He was the stepfather of former Member of Parliament Georgina Beyer.
Sir Robert Anster Harvey is a former New Zealand advertising executive and politician. He is best known for his time as mayor of Waitakere City, which he held for 18 years from 1992 to 2010, and was also president of the New Zealand Labour Party in 1999 and 2000.
George Sydney Wood is a former mayor of North Shore City and a former Auckland Councillor. He was the only North Shore City mayor to be elected for three terms and later represented North Shore ward on the Auckland Council between 2010 and 2016. He is now the Deputy Chair of the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board.
Sir Gilbert Simpson is a New Zealand businessman and computer programmer.
Cycling New Zealand, originally known as BikeNZ, is the national governing body for cycling organisations in New Zealand, and represents the interests of BMX NZ, Cycling New Zealand Road & Track, Mountain Bike NZ, and Cycling New Zealand Schools. Cycling New Zealand covers the disciplines of road, track, mountain bike, cyclo-cross, BMX, BMX freestyle, e-cycling sports, para-cycling, and recreational and commuter riding.
Kevin J. Payne was an American soccer executive. He was the president and chief executive officer of D.C. United from 1994 to 2012, and the president and general manager of Toronto FC. He was also chairman of the technical committee and board member for the U.S. Soccer Federation and vice chairman of the U.S. Soccer Foundation.
Michael Gerard Redman is a former New Zealand local government administrator and past politician. He was the chief executive of Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development, an Auckland Council organisation that came into being in November 2010, until his abrupt resignation in October 2011. He was chief executive of Hamilton City Council from May 2007 to October 2010. He was Mayor of Hamilton from 2004 to May 2007. When he resigned to become the chief executive of Hamilton City Council, he was replaced by deputy mayor and former Member of Parliament Bob Simcock.
The following lists events that happened during 1890 in New Zealand.
John Gregory Collinge is a former New Zealand lawyer, politician and diplomat. His former roles include president of the New Zealand National Party and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
Simpson Grierson is a New Zealand commercial law firm founded in 1887; it is ranked in the top legal firms in that country, and the largest by headcount. The firm is a partnership comprising 48 partners and consultants supported by around 160 lawyers and legal executives in four departments. The legal staff are supported by around 140 personnel. It has offices in New Zealand's three largest metropolitan areas Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
Grant Murray Robertson is a New Zealand politician and member of the Labour Party who has served as the minister of finance since 2017 and served as the 19th deputy prime minister of New Zealand from 2020 to 2023. He has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Wellington Central since 2008.
Sir Dryden Thomas Spring is a New Zealand businessman, who was chairman of the New Zealand Dairy Board from 1989 to 1998, chairman of New Zealand Dairy Group from 1982 to 1987, and chairman of ANZ New Zealand from 2007 to 2012.
Christobelle Grierson-Ryrie, is a New Zealand fashion model who won New Zealand's Next Top Model, Cycle 1 on 5 June 2009.
George Peter Shirtcliffe is a New Zealand businessman. He was the chairman of Telecom New Zealand, New Zealand's largest listed company, from 1990 to 1999.
Sir Peter Blanchard is a former judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
Fletcher Hoporona Tabuteau is a New Zealand politician and former Member of Parliament. He was elected as a list MP for the New Zealand First party from 2014 to 2020 and was deputy leader of the party from 2018 to 2020.
Sir George Alan Chapman is a New Zealand accountant, businessman and company director. He was president of the National Party from 1973 to 1982.
Sir Robert George Mappin Fenwick was a New Zealand environmentalist, businessman and professional director.