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.
Sir John Steele Henry is a New Zealand jurist and former Court of Appeal judge,and member of the well-known Henry family.
Dame Judith Marjorie Potter is a former High Court judge in New Zealand.
Sir John Hugh Williams,generally known as Hugh Williams,is a former president of the New Zealand Electoral Commission and a retired judge of the High Court of New Zealand. From 2016 to 2022 he was Chief Justice of the Cook Islands.
Sir John William Hansen is a retired judge of the New Zealand High Court and a member of the International Cricket Council Code of Conduct Commission. He has held several judicial offices from 1979 until 1988 in Hong Kong and since 1988,in the High Court of New Zealand. He was a professional cricket player and later took on administrative jobs at International Cricket Council. Since 2019,Hansen has been the chairperson of the Canterbury District Health Board.
Patrick Anthony Keane is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia and a former Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia.
The Chief Justice of the Cook Islands is the head of the Cook Islands judiciary. They preside over the High Court of the Cook Islands and serve as a member of the Cook Islands Court of Appeal. The office was established by the Cook Islands Constitution.
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.
Anthony Penrose Randerson is a New Zealand retired jurist. In 1990/91,he chaired the group that considered Geoffrey Palmer's bill that became the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). In 2019/20,he chaired the group that recommended for the RMA to be abolished.
Sir Peter Blanchard is a former judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
Sir Andrew Patrick Charles Tipping is a New Zealand jurist who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand from 2004 until his retirement in 2012. He was also a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. His tenure as a jurist has been widely acclaimed and his contributions to the shaping of New Zealand law are considered to be substantial and permanent.
Colin Maurice Nicholson was a New Zealand lawyer and jurist. He served as a judge of the High Court of New Zealand from 1998 until 2009. He also served as a justice of the High Court of the Cook Islands from his appointment in April 2005 until his retirement in May 2012. In 2011,Nicholson became the first judge to prosecute citizens of the Cook Islands for counterfeit DVD piracy.
Christine Mary Grice is a New Zealand lawyer and jurist,who was the first female judge in the Cook Islands,and the second female president of the New Zealand Law Society.
Sir Joseph Victor Williams is a judge and the first Māori person appointed to the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
Sir Richard Ian Barker was a New Zealand jurist. His legal career spanned over six decades. He was a lawyer for 20 years,followed by 20 years as a judge at the High Court,before he worked for another two decades as a mediator and arbitrator. Barker was involved in the law reform in the Cook Islands.
Pamela Jean Andrews is a retired New Zealand judge and lawyer. She served on the High Court of New Zealand from 2006 to 2015.
Kenneth Heta Hingston was a New Zealand lawyer and jurist. He served as a judge of the Māori Land Court from 1984 to 1999,and as Chief Justice of Niue until 2010.
The High Court of the Cook Islands is the court of first instance in the Cook Islands. It has general jurisdiction and responsibility under the Constitution of the Cook Islands for the administration of justice in the Cook Islands. The Court is established by part IV of the Constitution of the Cook Islands.
Dame Carolyn Henwood is a former District and Youth Court judge in New Zealand,and an advocate for youth justice and the welfare of children in state care. She is active in the arts,particularly theatre and was a founder of Circa Theatre in Wellington.
Patrick Desmond Mahony is a former New Zealand judge. He served as principal judge of the Family Court from 1985 to 2004.
