The Pitcairn Islands are a British Overseas Territory in the South Pacific Ocean,with a population of about 50. The politics of the islands takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency,whereby the Mayor is the head of government. The territory's constitution is the Local Government Ordinance of 1964. In terms of population,the Pitcairn Islands is the smallest democracy in the world.
The Supreme Court of New Zealand is the highest court and the court of last resort of New Zealand. It formally came into being on 1 January 2004 and sat for the first time on 1 July 2004. It replaced the right of appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council,based in London. It was created with the passing of the Supreme Court Act 2003,on 15 October 2003. At the time,the creation of the Supreme Court and the abolition of appeals to the Privy Council were controversial constitutional changes in New Zealand. The Act was repealed on 1 March 2017 and superseded by the Senior Courts Act 2016.
Sir Michael Hardie Boys,is a New Zealand retired lawyer,judge,and jurist who served as the 17th Governor-General of New Zealand,in office from 1996 to 2001.
Sir Douglas Arthur Montrose Graham is a former New Zealand politician. He was an MP from 1984 to 1999,representing the National Party.
Sir Mark Andrew O'Regan is a New Zealand lawyer and jurist. He was the President of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand until his elevation to the Supreme Court of New Zealand in 2014.
Sir Kenneth James Keith is a New Zealand judge. He was elected to the International Court of Justice in November 2005,serving a nine-year term during the years 2006 through 2015.
The chief justice of New Zealand is the head of the New Zealand judiciary,and presides over the Supreme Court of New Zealand. The chief justice of New Zealand is also the chief justice of Tokelau. Before the establishment of the Supreme Court in 2004,the chief justice was the presiding judge in the High Court of New Zealand,and was also ex officio a member of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand. The office is established by the Senior Courts Act 2016,which describes the chief justice as "senior to all other judges".
Sir Johann Thomas Eichelbaum was a New Zealand jurist who served as the 11th Chief Justice of New Zealand.
Sir Thomas Munro Gault was a New Zealand jurist. He was a Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand and a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom as well as a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong. He was also a justice of the Supreme Court of Fiji.
Sir Edmund Walter Thomas,widely known as Ted Thomas,is a New Zealand jurist. He is a retired judge of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand and a former acting judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
Dame Susan Gwynfa Mary Glazebrook is a judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
Sir Noel Crossley Anderson was a New Zealand judge who was President of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand from 2004 to 2006,before being elevated to the Supreme Court. He left office in 2008.
Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie Was the first Māori appointed as a Judge of a New Zealand Court. He is of Rangitāne,Ngāti Kauwhata and Ngāti Raukawa descent;Mason Durie (1889–1971) was his grandfather.
Sir John Joseph McGrath was a judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand,serving in that role from 2005 until 2015. He was also a judge of the Court of Appeal from 2000 to 2005,and the Solicitor-General of New Zealand from 1989 to 2000.
Sir Terence Arnold is a judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. He was the Solicitor-General of New Zealand from 2000,before being made a judge of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand in 2006. He was elevated to the Supreme Court on 11 June 2013.
Sir Gordon Ellis Bisson was a New Zealand Court of Appeal judge and a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.
Sir Peter Blanchard is a former judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
Sir Duncan Wallace McMullin was a New Zealand jurist. He was a judge of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand,Court of Appeal of Fiji and Cook Islands Court of Appeal.
Sir Ian Lloyd McKay was a Judge of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand from 1991 to 1997. He became a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1992,and was president of the Electoral Commission from 1997 to 2000. In the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours,he was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit,for services as a judge of the Court of Appeal and to the law.
Sir Joseph Victor Williams is a judge and the first Māori person appointed to the Supreme Court of New Zealand. He is of Ngāti Pūkenga and Te Arawa descent.
