Background
Boys, Michael Hardie was born on October 6, 1931 in Wellington, New Zealand. Son of Reginald and Edith May (Bennett) H. Boys.
Boys, Michael Hardie was born on October 6, 1931 in Wellington, New Zealand. Son of Reginald and Edith May (Bennett) H. Boys.
Student, Wellington College, 1948. Student, Victoria University College, 1954. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Victoria University Wellington, 1997.
Private practice barrister, solicitor, 1954-1980; councillor, president, Wellington District Law Society, 1974-1979; judge, High Court, 1980-1989; member, Court of Appeal, 1989-1995; governor-general, New Zealand and C-in-Chamber of New Zealand, since 1995.
Member Gray's Inn (honorary bencher).
Married Edith Mary Zohrab, 1957. 4 children.