What’s a Kiwi lawyer doing in the middle of a war zone?

What’s a Kiwi lawyer doing in the middle of a war zone? Pretty much everything, that’s what. “Training in international law is pretty rare and I'm the only lawyer on the ground who has this experience with the laws of armed conflict,” Hector Sharp said in a Stuff interview. “This is what I've prepared for for a decade now, and have been working towards it,” the head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency field legal office in Gaza said. 13 November 2023 [View in Browser]( Hello and welcome to your morning briefing from Stuff, bringing you the top stories and news you'll want to read. [What’s a Kiwi lawyer doing in the middle of a war zone?]( [What’s a Kiwi lawyer doing in the middle of a war zone?]( [What’s a Kiwi lawyer doing in the middle of a war zone? Pretty much everything, that’s what. “Training in international law is pretty rare and I'm the only lawyer on the ground who has this...]( [Kiwi dad hit with shock cancer diagnosis as his body 'shut down' within a week]( [Kiwi dad hit with shock cancer diagnosis as his body 'shut down' within a week]( [A little more than a month ago, David Tamanika was at work in South Auckland when two of his fingers went numb. He shrugged it off and went about his day. Within a week, his body “shut down”, he...]( [Faced with spending Christmas alone after mum's death, Wellington woman invites the city]( [Faced with spending Christmas alone after mum's death, Wellington woman invites the city]( [Having recently lost her mother to cancer and with her father in a rest home with dementia, Wellingtonian Catherine O'mara was facing the prospect of not having any family to spend Christmas with....]( Newsable: the news worth talking about Join Imogen Wells and Jess McCarthy for your daily dose of exclusives, analysis and fresh perspectives on news. The podcast drops each weekday from 6am on [newsable.co.nz]( or listen on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. [Listen to the latest episode of Newsable →]( [Newsable: ‘Pretty dire’ year ahead at the box office, after actors strike]( [Newsable: ‘Pretty dire’ year ahead at the box office, after actors strike]( [Hollywood is officially back to work this week. The union for actors, the Screen Actors Guild, has reached a tentative agreement with Hollywood...]( [Make this holiday season unforgettable by sharing the gift of better hearing]( [Make this holiday season unforgettable by sharing the gift of better hearing]( [We all want to give our loved ones the perfect gift around Christmas time and as we get older, it's often the little things in life that become...]( [Stuff quiz: Morning trivia challenge: November 13, 2023]( [Stuff quiz: Morning trivia challenge: November 13, 2023]( [Ministry leak: Christmas party hit, plans for voluntary redundancy ahead of new government]( [Ministry leak: Christmas party hit, plans for voluntary redundancy ahead of new government]( [A leaked email from the Chief Executive of one of the country’s biggest government departments shows cuts are already underway as some staff and...]( [Ellerslie homicide: What we know about couple violently killed in suburban Auckland]( [Ellerslie homicide: What we know about couple violently killed in suburban Auckland]( [On Sunday, November 5, 66-year-old Fuk-Fu Joseph Kwok didn’t turn up for work. Known as a reliable theatre nurse, his absence was out of character....]( [Why one financial coach says paying down debt might not be right, after all]( [Why one financial coach says paying down debt might not be right, after all]( [We’re usually told that paying down debt is an important part of getting our finances on track – but one financial coach says the current economic...]( Enjoying this email? [Check out Stuff's other daily and weekly newsletters](. [Feedback]( [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy]( Stuff, 4 Williamson Ave, Ponsonby, Auckland, 1021, New Zealand