The University of Waikato,is a public research university in Hamilton,New Zealand established in 1964. An additional campus is located in Tauranga. The university performs research in the disciplines of education,social sciences,and management and is an innovator in environmental science,marine and freshwater ecology,engineering and computer science. It offers degrees in health,engineering,computer science,management,Māori and Indigenous Studies,the arts,psychology,social sciences and education.
Dame Silvia Rose Cartwright is a New Zealand jurist who served as the 18th Governor-General of New Zealand,from 2001 to 2006. She was the second woman to hold the office,after Dame Catherine Tizard.
The Order of precedence in New Zealand is a guide to the relative seniority of constitutional office holders and certain others,to be followed,as appropriate at State and official functions. The previous order of precedence was revoked and Queen Elizabeth II approved the following Order of Precedence in New Zealand effective 20 September 2018:
- The Monarch of New Zealand.
- The Governor-General or,while acting in the place of the Governor-General,the officer administering the Government
- The Prime Minister
- The Speaker of the House of Representatives
- The Chief Justice
- The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps
- The Deputy Prime Minister
- Ministers of the Crown
- Former Governors-General
- Ambassadors and High Commissioners in New Zealand and Chargés d’Affaires accredited to New Zealand.
- The Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives
- Leaders,including co-leaders and joint leaders,of political parties represented in the House of Representatives,other than Ministers of the Crown.
- Members of the House of Representatives. There is no established order of precedence over members of parliament in general,although each party has its internal ranking.
- Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand,the Court of Appeal and the High Court of New Zealand.
- Former Prime Ministers,former Speakers of the House of Representatives,former Chief Justices,and members of the Privy Council.
- Mayors of territorial authorities and chairpersons of regional councils,while in their own cities,districts and regions. In 1989,boroughs and counties were amalgamated into district councils. District mayors,and the Chatham Islands mayor could expect to be accorded this same precedence.
- The Public Service Commissioner,Chief of Defence Force,Commissioner of Police,and Officers of Parliament .
- The Solicitor-General,Clerk of the House of Representatives,and Clerk of the Executive Council when attending a function involving the exercise of the position’s specific responsibilities.
- Chief executives of public service and non-public service departments.
- The Vice Chief of Defence Force,and Chiefs of Navy,Army and Air Force,and other statutory office holders.
- Consuls-General and Consuls of countries without diplomatic representation in New Zealand.
- Members of New Zealand and British orders,and holders of decorations and medals in accordance with the Order of Wear in New Zealand.
Dame Catherine Anne Tizard was a New Zealand politician who served as mayor of Auckland City from 1983 to 1990,and the 16th governor-general of New Zealand from 1990 to 1996. She was the first woman to hold either office.
Lieutenant General Sir Jeremiah Mateparae is a former New Zealand soldier who served as the 20th governor-general of New Zealand between 2011 and 2016,the second Māori person to hold the office,after Sir Paul Reeves. A former officer in the New Zealand Army,he was the Chief of the Defence Force from 2006 to 2011,and then served as the director of the New Zealand Government Communications Security Bureau for five months in 2011. Following his term as governor-general,Mateparae was the high commissioner of New Zealand to the United Kingdom between 2017 and 2020.
Sir Anand Satyanand,is a former lawyer,judge and ombudsman who served as the 19th Governor-General of New Zealand from 2006 to 2011.
The governor-general of New Zealand is the representative of the monarch of New Zealand,currently King Charles III. As the King is concurrently the monarch of 14 other Commonwealth realms and lives in the United Kingdom,he,on the advice of his New Zealand prime minister,appoints a governor-general to carry out his constitutional and ceremonial duties within the Realm of New Zealand.
Dame Susan Gwynfa Mary Glazebrook is a judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
Crime in New Zealand encompasses criminal law,crime statistics,the nature and characteristics of crime,sentencing,punishment,and public perceptions of crime. New Zealand criminal law has its origins in English criminal law,which was codified into statute by the New Zealand parliament in 1893. Although New Zealand remains a common law jurisdiction,all criminal offences and their penalties are codified in New Zealand statutes.
The following lists events that happened during 2011 in New Zealand.
Sir Robert Stanley Chambers was a judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
The New Zealand Probation Service is a branch or service of the New Zealand Corrections Department. Established in 1886,its role is to manage offenders sentenced to community based sentences such as home detention,community detention and intensive supervision. The Service also manages prisoners in the community who have been released on parole and offenders on release conditions at the end of their prison sentence. According to Corrections website,in 2014 the Service was looking after approximately 30,000 offenders in the community. The Probation Officer's role is described as "work(ing) with people on probation to motivate them to make changes in their lives. This may include attending programmes to address violence,alcohol and drug abuse or driving offences."
Dame Alcyion Cynthia Kiro is a New Zealand public-health academic,administrator,and advocate,who has served as the 22nd governor-general of New Zealand since 21 October 2021. Kiro is the first Māori woman,the third person of Māori descent,and the fourth woman to hold the office.
Dame Lowell Patria Goddard,is a former New Zealand High Court judge,from 1995 to 2015. She is thought to be the first person of Māori ancestry to have been appointed to the High Court. In 1988,she was one of the first two women to be appointed Queen's Counsel in New Zealand and in 1989 became the first woman to hold a Crown warrant. In 1992,she became Deputy Solicitor-General for New Zealand. Between 2007 and 2012 she chaired New Zealand's Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA). In 2010 she was elected as an independent expert to the United Nations Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) and served in that capacity until 2016. From February 2015 until August 2016,she chaired the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in England and Wales.
Michael John Albert Brown,commonly known as Mick Brown,was a New Zealand judge. In 1980,he became the first Māori to be appointed as a District Court judge,and he was later the first principal Youth Court judge.
Dame Patricia Lee Reddy is a New Zealand lawyer and businesswoman who served as the 21st governor-general of New Zealand from 2016 to 2021.
Dame Ellen Dolour France is a New Zealand jurist. She is currently a justice of the Supreme Court,and was previously the president of the Court of Appeal.
Dame Helen Diana Winkelmann is the 13th and current chief justice of New Zealand –head of the New Zealand judiciary –having been sworn in on 14 March 2019. She is the second woman to hold the position,following her immediate predecessor,Sian Elias.
John Gerard Fogarty was a New Zealand jurist. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1990,and served as a judge at the High Court from 2003 to 2017.
