Graham Speight

Sir Graham Davies Speight (21 July 1921 – 17 July 2008) was a New Zealand High Court judge.[1] He served as the acting Queen's Representative in the Cook Islands in 1984.

Speight was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 21 July 1921.[1] He was educated at Newmarket School, Auckland Grammar School and the University of Auckland, where he earned his law degree in 1942.[1] Speight served in the New Zealand Army from 1942 until 1946 following his graduation from Auckland University.[1] He married his wife, Elizabeth Muriel Booth, in 1947.[1] The couple had two children, a son and a daughter.[1]

Speight served as the Crown Solicitor in Auckland from 1959 until 1966.[1] He was appointed a High Court judge in 1966.[1] He later served as the Chief Justice of the Cook Islands and the President of the Court of Appeal of Fiji from 1982 until 1988.[1]

Sir Graham Speight died on 17 July 2008, at Eastcliffe Hospital in Auckland at the age of 86. He was survived by his wife, son and five grandchildren.[1]