Raymond Mark Henaghan (born in Timaru) is a Law Professor at the University of Auckland. He is also the former Dean of the University of Otago Faculty of Law in Dunedin, New Zealand up until April 2018. His research interests include family law, especially law relating to children, law regarding the human genome, and judiciary law. Background Henaghan attended school in Timaru and studied law at Otago University. On qualifying he became a teaching fellow, providing advice, helping with submissions, and training Family Court judges. He has never practised in a law firm. He is involved in the Pathways and Transitions Research Project as part of the New Zealand Government funded Resilience Research Project. Henaghan is the second academic to be admitted as an Associate Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (IAML). The Academy is a worldwide association of practising lawyers who were recognised by their peers as being among the most experienced and skilled family law specialists in their respective countries. His interests have included surfing, cricket, rugby, biking, and skipping. He enjoys attending afternoon movie sessions and once had a cameo role in the New Zealand film Scarfies, as himself. Publications and papers Health professionals and trust: The cure for healthcare law and policy. New York: Routledge-Cavendish, 2011. Relocation cases: The rhetoric and the reality of a child's best interests: A view from the bottom of the world. Child & Family Law Quarterly, 23(2), pages 226–250 (2011) What does a child's right to be heard in legal proceedings really mean? ABA custody standards do not go far enough. Family Law Quarterly, 42(1), pages 117–129 (2008) Relationship property appeals in the New Zealand Court of Appeal 1958–2008: The elusiveness of equality. In R. Bigwood (Ed.), The permanent New Zealand Court of Appeal: Essays on the first 50 years (pages 99–151). Oxford: Henaghan, M., & Peart, N. (2009). Butterworths family law in New Zealand (15th ed.). Wellington, New Zealand: LexisNexis, (2011) Henaghan, M., Atkin, B., Clarkson, D., & Caldwell, J. Genes, society and the future (Vol. 2). Dunedin, New Zealand: Human Genome Research Project, University of Otago, Lawson, D., Henaghan, M., & McLean, S. (2007) Why judges need to know and understand childhood studies. In M. Freeman (Ed.), Law and childhood studies: Current legal issues 2011 (Vol. 14) (pages 39–54), Oxford University Press, (2012) Discretion, status and money: The essence of family law in New Zealand. In B.