Chief Legal Advisor

Maritimenz • wellington, wellington • Posted July 13, 2026

About the Role

Our Vision: Preventing Harm. Saving Lives. Securing our Future

We play a key role in the guardianship of New Zealand waterways. We're bringing together our aroha, work and skills to achieve our outcomes of sustainable supply chains and sectors, safe people and operations, secure ports and ships, and clean seas and waterways.

Our values are about who we are as individuals and the behaviours we expect from each other at Maritime NZ.

Care | Kia Tika - We care for each other and do the right thing

Courage | Kia Māia - We are brave, capable and confident

Our Regulatory Approach

We are a risk-based regulator focused on preventing harm from maritime activity to people, property and the marine environment. Over the last two years we have been on a journey to embed this approach in the way we work including how we provide legal advice that supports our focus on addressing the risk of harm.

The Regulatory Frameworks and Tech...