Graham Speight

Sir Graham Davies Speight (21 July 1921 – 17 July 2008) was a New Zealand High Court judge.[1] He served as the acting Queen's Representative in the Cook Islands in 1984.

Speight was born in Auckland on 21 July 1921.[1] He was educated at Newmarket School, Auckland Grammar School and Auckland University College, where he earned his law degree in 1942.[1] After graduating, he served in the New Zealand Army from 1942 until 1946.[1] He married Elizabeth Muriel Booth in 1947, and the couple went on to have two children.[1]

Speight served as the Crown solicitor in Auckland from 1959 until 1966, when was appointed a High Court judge.[1] He later served as the Chief Justice of the Cook Islands and the President of the Court of Appeal of Fiji from 1982 until 1988.[1]

In the 1983 New Year Honours, Speight was appointed a Knight Bachelor, in recognition of his service as a High Court judge.[2]

Speight died in Auckland on 17 July 2008, at the age of 86. He was survived by his wife, son and five grandchildren.[1]