William Kenneth Hastings

Background

Hastings, William Kenneth was born on September 29, 1960 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Ronald Gordon and Mary Emily (Nicholson) Hastings.

Education

Bachelor, University Toronto, 1978. Bachelor of Laws, Osgoode Hall Law School, 1981. Master of Laws, London School of Economics, 1983.

Career

Examiner Video Recordings Authority, New Zealand, 1989-1993. Member Indecent Publications Tribunal, New Zealand, 1990-1994. Senior lecturer in law Victoria University, Wellington, 1985-1998, deputy dean of law, 1995-1997.

Deputy president Film and Literature Board of Review, New Zealand, 1995-1998. Chief censor of New Zealand, since 1999. Member consultative committee Broadcasting Standards Authority, New Zealand, 1996.

Consultant Downstage Theatre Trust, Wellington, 1996, others. Distinguished visiting professor California Western School of Law, 1994. Visiting professor law University Iowa, 1994.

Visiting fellow Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London, 1992.

Achievements

• William Kenneth Hastings has been listed as a noteworthy law educator, censor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The right to an education in Maori: The case from international law

Membership

Arbitrator Willem C. Visiting International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Vienna, since 1997. Member humanitarian law committee New Zealand Red Cross Society, since 1995. Councilor Victoria University of Wellington, since 1996.

Convenor sexual harassment committee Victoria University, Wellington, 1992-1993. Member Wellington District Law Society, International Bar Association, Australasian Law Teachers Association.

Connections

Married Loretta Margaret, October 12, 1984 (divorced July 1997). Children: Sarah Emily Wnenuarua, Alexandra Chloe Kahurangi, Daniel Tobias Te Ra-Ka-Herea.

Father:

Ronald Gordon Hastings

Mother:

Mary Emily (Nicholson) Hastings

Spouse:

Loretta Margaret

child:

Sarah Emily Wnenuarua Hastings

child:

Alexandra Chloe Kahurangi Hastings

child:

Daniel Tobias Te Ra-Ka-Herea Hastings