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Marina Matthews was appointed as an Intermediate Associate at Chen Palmer but has been promoted to Senior Associate with effect from 1 March 2012. Marina heads the firm's Education team and co-leads the Working with Government team. Marina is highly experienced in public policy and parliamentary processes. She has been a specialist advisor to several Education Ministers in Parliament. Marina has been involved in a range of public policy processes including the drafting of cabinet papers, working on legislation, providing reports and presentations to Select Committees, working with the Official Information Act, and working with the Office of the Auditor General and Ombudsman.
Marina has worked as a senior manager at the Tertiary Education Commission for the past eight years specialising in tertiary education policy. She has extensive experience working with universities, wananga, polytechnics, industry training organisations, private training establishments.
She has a lot of experience in providing strategic advice, and working in government relations. She has also worked on research, science and innovation; economic development; export education; labour market policy including skills training; and Maori development.
She has worked on Treaty of Waitangi issues, Waitangi Tribunal claims and government programmes for Maori and Pasifika. She is Ngati Kahu and Tuwharetoa, speaks intermediate level Te Reo Maori, and enjoys competing in kapa haka.
Marina has an LLB and Diploma in Arts (Maori) from the University of Otago.
