The Honourable Christopher Finlayson QC LLD BA was elected as a National Party Member of Parliament in 2005 and served as Attorney-General and Minister for Treaty Negotiations (2008-17), Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage (2008-14), Associate Minister of Maori Development (2014-17) and Minister for the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service and Government Communications Security Bureau (2014-17). He retired from Parliament in 2018 to return to legal practice. James Christmas MA LLB is a barrister who was senior ministerial adviser to Christopher Finlayson (2011-16) and to Prime Ministers Sir John Key and Sir Bill English (2016-17).