About Harry Waalkens
Born 1955. Harry Waalkens is a lawyer.
Harry Waalkens (born 1955) is a New Zealand lawyer. He was Lord Chancellor of Tonga from 2011 to 2020.
Waalkens was born in Whangārei and educated at Taipuha Primary School and Otamatea High School before attending boarding school in Auckland. He was a partner in Bell Gully Buddle Weir before entering independent practice in 1994. in 2009 he was appointed King's Counsel in Tonga. His appointment was initially welcomed by Tonga's democratic movement, In 2020 he was replaced as Lord Chancellor by Tavake Barron Afeaki.
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