This is an opportunity to engage with Sue Barker, the 2019 New Zealand Law Foundation International Research Fellow, about the government’s current review of the Charities Act and what it would take to get the sort of world-leading charities framework needed in a well-functioning democracy.

Sue Barker is the director of Sue Barker Charities Law, a boutique law firm based in Wellington, specialising in charities law and public tax law. Since its founding in 2012, the firm has won a number of awards, including Boutique Law Firm of the Year at the New Zealand Law Awards. She is a director of the Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, a member of Charities Services' Sector Group, and a member of the Core Reference Group for the Review of the Charities Act. She has a number of publications to her name and has been a guest lecturer at law schools in New Zealand and Australia.