Olive Nelson (1929) Olive Nelson (1929) became the first Samoan, as well as the first Pacific woman to attain a Bachelor of Laws from Auckland University, graduating in 1936 with the Butterworth Prize for the highest law exam results in the University. Later that year, Olive was admitted to the New Zealand Supreme Court, as both a barrister and solicitor, becoming only the second woman in the country to achieve this feat. Olive Virginia Malienafau Nelson (1929) enrolled as a Boarder at Â鶹ÊÓƵ School on 23 March 1925 at the age of 13. She was one of the five Nelson sisters from Western Samoa who were at Â鶹ÊÓƵ School from 1925 to 1935. In her final year at Â鶹ÊÓƵ School in 1929, Olive was a member of the 1st Senior Netball team, a (Boarding) House Prefect, a Senior Prefect and was the winner of the (Boarding) House Prize. Not long after Olive was admitted to the New Zealand Supreme Court, she returned home to Western Samoa (now known as Samoa), where she became Samoa’s first female barrister and solicitor. Very quickly she became involved in another sphere new to women, local politics. Olive was a legal adviser and advocate for her father, among others. Olive’s father was a successful businessman and political leader who was one of the founding members of the Mau movement for Samoan independence.