Harkness Henry

Our history

Harkness Henry has a proud history of providing excellent relationships and high quality legal advice, since 1875.

When the practices of the late Phillip Harkness and Clive Henry merged in 1945, we took on the firm’s current name.  From our early beginnings in Hamilton, we added conveniently located offices in Paeroa (since 1978) and more recently in Cambridge.

Today, Harkness Henry has become one of New Zealand’s best known mid-sized law firms and a great place to build a career in law.

• Former Governor General, Justice Dame Silvia Cartwright, was a partner before her appointment to the bench.
• Her successor in the firm was the Hon. Justice Christine Grice, a judge of the High Court of New Zealand. Christine is a past president and also Executive Director of the New Zealand Law Society.
• Members of our team have consistently been elected to Waikato/Bay of Plenty and New Zealand Law Society committees.

Remarkable women have featured across our proud history and they continue to be a proud feature of our team today. You can find out more about our people here.

We enjoy an exceptional reputation throughout New Zealand, here at Harkness Henry, because of our team’s ability to meet our client’s legal needs with prompt, pragmatic and specialist advice.