Nicola Pretty
Staff profile
Nicola Pretty
Senior LecturerContact details
Email: nicola.pretty@manukau.ac.nz
Phone: (09) 9760244
Teaching areas
Carriage of Goods Law, Maritime Law, Risk and Resilience in Supply Chain, Trade Management, Logistics Documentation, Health and Safety, Diploma in Nautical - Foreign Going (Level 7)
Qualifications
BSc(Geology)/LLB (University of Auckland, 2002)
Master of Laws (Maritime and Shipping Law Unit, University of Queensland, 2007)
Grad. Dip. Secondary Teaching (University of Waikato, 2007)
Biography
Nicola has been teaching in the logistics team since 2008. She shows her passion for her topics in the way she imparts information and this reflects in the outcomes she achieves with her students.
Nicola was admitted to the Bar, High Court of New Zealand January 2002.
Nicola teaches a section within the Diploma in Nautical - Foreign Going (Level 7) programme on marine insurance which covers hull policies, salvage and general average claims. With the recent incident of the Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships becoming wedged across the Suez Canal stalling global trade this is a very topical subject.
Industry activities
Nicola is the Minister of Site Visits and organises trips with students to local freight forwarders’ premises, the port at Tauranga, kiwifruit and onion packing sheds, the Chelsea Sugar factory and the steel mill at Glenbrook amongst other places.
Memberships
Admission to the Bar in New Zealand & Queensland, Australia
Auckland District Law Society
Barrister at High Court of New Zealand
Geological Society of New Zealand
Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand (MLAANZ)
New Zealand Law Society
New Zealand Teachers Council Teacher Registration
Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA)
Publications
Pretty,N. “The Timor Sea Treaty 2002” (2006) 12,1 International Journal of International Maritime Law, 45
Pretty,N. “Unseaworthiness – turning a blind eye?” (2008) 22, 1 Australia & New Zealand Maritime Law Journal, 42
Research interests
Seaworthiness of ships at sea – or not as the case may be!
Scholarly activities
Co-editor of Transport Law in Australia 2022
Why I love MIT
I am passionate about my students and love teaching all of my topics. Each topic is relevant to our students when they head out into the workplace at the end of their studies. Seeing the smiles on their faces at Graduation makes it all worthwhile!