Michael Bott's Notebook

Welcome to my blog. I have an eclectic range of interests and by inclination I am passionate about the causes of social justice and freedom. Here I provide some of my reflections on life together with individual commentary on matters of social policy and law.

Sunday, 28 January 2024

Will Water Meters Work to Fix the Wellington Region's Water Woes

Tuesday, 15 August 2023

The Grind of Criminal Defence Work

I r ecently r eceived a call from Police. Someone was being arrested and charged with significant sexual offending. I felt the weight on my ...

Friday, 11 August 2023

AIR NEW ZEALAND AND "COMPUTER SAYS NO"

Air New Zealand has a unique way of measuring success when it comes to customer service. I recount, for example, my experience from earlier ...

Sunday, 15 January 2023

Waka Kotahi's Road to Zero Paved With Bullshit

Waka Kotahi are an opaque bureaucracy that use “consultation” in a way that would make George Orwell the writer of 1984, rub his eyes. Their...

Thursday, 3 November 2022

Trump and "Shit-Hole Countries"

During his presidency Trump referred to certain 3rd world countries as "shit-hole countries." This was ironic. If one looks at the...

Tuesday, 25 October 2022

The Tory Party has Become the Snake that Eats Its Own Tail

The idea of leadership as service for the good of the majority and the betterment of society appears lost on the Tory Party. 12 years of Tor...

Wednesday, 24 November 2021

In a healthy legal system there has to be a popular respect for the rule of law. The population and its political leaders should ideally abi...

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About Me

Michael Bott: Michael was called to the bar in 2002 having previously worked in the construction industry. Michael's first case in Court was to seek a writ of Habeus Corpus for a prison inmate who was wrongly transferred to a psychiatric hospital following her hunger strike. From the start he has been fighting for the rights of those who need to have their voice heard. Ever since, Michael has been standing up for his clients, whether that is in the context of human rights matters, criminal law, parole proceedings or civil disputes. He fights for his clients without fear or favour. Michael has been a member of the NZ Council of Civil Liberties, and served at an executive level, for 11 years. In 2012, Michael took the opportunity to move from Wellington City to Upper Hutt, and establish chambers within his community. Heretaunga Law was established, along with Stephen Iorns and Steve Taylor, with a view to standing up for client's anywhere in the Country. Michael is taking cases as diverse as, administrative law, jury trials, military court martial, and human rights cases ranging from the right to hunger strike to cycling in the nude.

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