Sian Elias
Dame Sian Seerpoohi Elias GNZM PC QC (born 13 March 1949) is the 12th and current Chief Justice of New Zealand, and is therefore the most senior member of the country's judiciary. She is the presiding judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand and has on several occasions acted as Administrator of the Government.
Early life and family
Born in London in the United Kingdom of an Armenian father and a Welsh mother (hence her Welsh forename and Armenian surname), Elias attended Diocesan School for Girls in Auckland. She completed a law degree from the University of Auckland in 1970, and then undertook further study at Stanford University. She took up employment with an Auckland law firm in 1972, beginning her career as a barrister three years later. She also served as a member of the Motor Spirits Licensing Appeal Authority and of the Working Party on the Environment.
Elias is married to Hugh Fletcher, former CEO of Fletcher Challenge and a former Chancellor of the University of Auckland. In 1994, her brother-in-law, Jim Fletcher, was stabbed to death by an intruder in his Papamoa beach house.
Podcasts:
Sin Luz
by: Jose FelicianoYo nunca pude ver, ni siquiera al nacer, un pedacito de cielo
no sé cómo es el sol, ni del campo el verdor, la luna, los luceros.
La vida deja en mí el amargo sabor de no haberla vivido
la noche que me envuelve me asfixia más y más y me siento perdido.
El mundo y su maldad, me quieren destrozar y robarme la calma
pero por más que intenten no pueden ya romper la inmensa paz de mi alma
más yo sé que al final de esta senda fatal siempre tendré el consuelo
y allá en la eternidad al fin podré mirar mi pedacito de cielo.
El mundo y su maldad, me quieren destrozar y robarme la calma