Chief Justice of New Zealand

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The Chief Justice of New Zealand is the country’s most senior judge and head of the judiciary, presiding over the Supreme Court and overseeing the administration of justice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
appointedBy Governor-General of New Zealand ⓘ
appointmentOnAdviceOf Prime Minister of New Zealand ⓘ
branch judicial branch of government ⓘ
constitutingInstrument Constitution Act 1986 ⓘ
Senior Courts Act 2016 ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
currentHolder Dame Helen Winkelmann ⓘ
currentHolderGender female ⓘ
currentHolderHonorific The Rt Hon Dame Helen Winkelmann ⓘ
currentHolderPredecessor Dame Sian Elias ⓘ
currentHolderStartDate 2019-03-14 ⓘ
firstHolder Sir William Martin ⓘ
firstHolderStartDate 1841 ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver Supreme Court judges of New Zealand ⓘ
hasRole presiding judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
senior member of the Order of New Zealand’s legal system ⓘ
headOf judiciary of New Zealand ⓘ
linked to: New Zealand courts
isAboveInSeniority Chief High Court Judge of New Zealand ⓘ
President of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand ⓘ
jurisdiction New Zealand ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
mandatoryRetirementAge 70 ⓘ
mayServeAs Administrator of the Government of New Zealand ⓘ
memberOf Judicial branch of New Zealand ⓘ
linked to: New Zealand courts
nativeName Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
notableFormerHolder Dame Sian Elias ⓘ
Sir Michael Hardie Boys ⓘ
Sir Ronald Davison ⓘ
Sir Thomas Eichelbaum ⓘ
officeCreatedIn 1841 ⓘ
officeHoldersNumberedFrom 1841 ⓘ
officeHoldersTitle Chief Justice ⓘ
officeType non-political ⓘ
oversees Supreme Court of New Zealand registry ⓘ
judicial conduct and performance at the apex court level ⓘ
participatesIn Ceremonial opening of the New Zealand Parliament ⓘ
swearing-in of the Governor-General of New Zealand ⓘ
predecessorOffice Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand (pre‑2004 apex court) ⓘ
presidesOver Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
rank most senior judge in New Zealand ⓘ
reportsTo no higher judicial authority within New Zealand ⓘ
residence Wellington ⓘ
responsibleFor administration of justice in New Zealand ⓘ
salaryDeterminedBy Remuneration Authority of New Zealand ⓘ
seat Wellington ⓘ
style The Right Honourable ⓘ
termLength until mandatory retirement age ⓘ

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Supreme Court of New Zealand → composition → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
Supreme Court of New Zealand → chiefJudgeTitle → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
Chief Justice of New Zealand → predecessorOffice → Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand (pre‑2004 apex court) ⓘ
linked to: Chief Justice of New Zealand
Chief Justice of New Zealand → mayServeAs → Administrator of the Government of New Zealand ⓘ
linked to: Chief Justice of New Zealand
Chief Justice of New Zealand → nativeName → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
Te Kōti Mana Nui → headOfCourtTitle → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
Supreme Court of New Zealand → composition → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
subject linked to: SCNZ
Supreme Court of New Zealand → hasChiefJudgeTitle → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
subject linked to: SCNZ
Helen Winkelmann → positionHeld → Head of the Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
subject linked to: Dame Helen Winkelmann
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New Zealand government → hasJudiciaryHead → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
President of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand → worksWith → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
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linked to: Chief Justice of New Zealand
Dame Sian Elias → positionHeld → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
Dame Sian Elias → officeHeld → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
Sir Michael Hardie Boys → positionHeld → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
Sir Thomas Eichelbaum → positionHeld → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
Seal of the Supreme Court of New Zealand → associatedWith → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
Chief High Court Judge of New Zealand → reportsTo → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
Chief High Court Judge of New Zealand → worksWith → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
President of the Court of Appeal → worksWith → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
Senior Courts of New Zealand → headedBy → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
Robin Cooke → positionHeld → Lord Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
linked to: Chief Justice of New Zealand
Sian Elias → positionHeld → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
subject linked to: Sian
Chief Judge of the Employment Court → worksWith → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
Chief Judge of the Employment Court of New Zealand → subordinateTo → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
subject linked to: Chief Judge
Chief Judge of the Māori Land Court → reportsTo → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
subject linked to: Chief Judge