Amy Adams (politician)

Amy Juliet Adams is a member of the New Zealand Parliament and Minister of Justice. She currently represents the Selwyn electorate and is a member of the National Party. Her other ministerial portfolios in the 51st New Zealand Parliament are Courts, Broadcasting, and Communications.

Adams was born in 1971 and when she was two, her mother divorced, and brought up her and her sister Belinda by herself. Adams attended Rangitoto College where she became friends with Louise Upston, then graduated from the University of Canterbury with an LLB with FirstClass Honours. Her first employment as a lawyer was in Invercargill, but she soon moved back to Canterbury. She became a partner in the Christchurch law firm Mortlock McCormack.

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