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Natalie is the Crown Solicitor at Manukau, having been appointed to that role in May 2015. She is one of four directors of the Manukau-based law firm Kayes Fletcher Walker, which employs around 50 lawyers to undertake the prosecution of all serious crime on behalf of the Crown in South Auckland.
Following her admission to the bar in 1999, Natalie left her first graduate job as a commercial solicitor at Chapman Tripp in Auckland and travelled to England to undertake an LLM at the University of London. On her return to New Zealand, Natalie started a career in criminal litigation, working first for the late John Haigh QC doing criminal defence work, then joining Meredith Connell in July 2001, where she remained for 13 years. In 2008 she was classified as senior counsel and made an Associate, and in 2013 she was made a Partner. In June 2014, Natalie left Meredith Connell to establish Kayes Fletcher Walker (KFW). In May 2015 she was appointed the first Crown Solicitor for Manukau. Natalie is now one of four directors of KFW, which employs around 50 lawyers to undertake the prosecution of all serious crime on behalf of the Crown in South Auckland. In 2022 Natalie took nine months’ study leave from KFW to complete a full-immersion te reo Māori course.