Subsections

The Judges of the District Court

The Judiciary

There are 133 District Court Judges and the Chief District Court Judge. Judges are permanently based in the main centres, but travel to other courts on circuit. While each District Court Judge can preside over minor criminal matters, they each specialise in particular aspects of the District Court system, either jury trials, family or youth.

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Chief Judges Chambers

District Court Judge

Appointment Date

Warrant

Location

Johnson, His Honour Chief District Court Judge RJ

18.01.93

Jury

Chief Judge's Chambers

Boshier, His Honour Principal Family Court Judge PF

08.04.88

Family/ Youth

Chief Judge's Chambers

Becroft, His Honour Principal Youth Court Judge AJ

29.05.96

Jury/Youth/Family

Chief Judge's Chambers

District Court Judges

District Court Judge

Appointment Date

Warrant

Location

Aitken, Her Honour Judge EM

05.02.07

Jury

Auckland

Adams, His Honour Judge JG

26.05.95

Family

Manukau

Adeane, His Honour Judge AJ

16.12.93

Jury

Napier

Andrée Wiltens, His Honour Judge GA

9.11.07

Jury

Manukau

Atkins, His Honour Judge LH, QC

16.12.97

Jury

Palmerston North

Barry, His Honour Judge DRW

12.01.05

Jury

Wellington

Beattie, His Honour Judge MJ

30.08.91

General/ACC

Auckland

Behrens, His Honour Judge MJ, QC

12.02.04

Jury

Wellington

Bidois, His Honour Judge LM

05.07.02

Jury/Youth

Tauranga

Binns, Her Honour Judge JA
17.10.08
Family/Jury
Palmerston North

Blackie, His Honour Judge CS

18.12.98

Jury

Manukau

Borthwick, Her Honour Judge JE
11.11.08
Environment
Christchurch


Bouchier, Her Honour Judge AMJ


01.07.88


Jury


Auckland

Broadmore, His Honour Judge TJ

14.10.05

General

Wellington

Brown, His Honour Judge DR

27.01.92

Family/Youth


Hamilton


Burnett, Her Honour Judge MLSF

31.01.97

Jury

Hamilton


Burns, His Honour Judge DA

15.03.05

Family

Auckland


Butler, His Honour Judge PJ

22.05.03

Jury/Youth

Wellington

Callaghan, His Honour Judge BP

07.07.94

Jury/Youth


Christchurch


Callinicos, His Honour Judge PJ

22.11.02

Family/Youth

Wanganui

Clark, Her Honour Judge DC

02.10.01

Jury/Youth

Hamilton

Cocurullo, His Honour Judge ND

12.02.07

Family/Youth

Hamilton

Connell, His Honour Judge PR

12.04.00

Jury/Youth

Hamilton

Cooper, His Honour Judge PW

27.01.95

Jury/Youth

Rotorua

Couch, His Honour Judge AA

03.06.05

General

Christchurch

Coyle, His Honour Judge SJ

15.05.2009

Family

Dunedin

Crosbie, His Honour Judge MÄ

12.10.01

Jury

Christchurch

Cunningham, Her Honour Judge PA

02.03.07

Jury

Auckland

Davidson, His Honour Judge B

17.01.03

Jury

Wellington

Dawson, His Honour Judge NR

24.11.03

Jury

Palmerston North

de Jong, His Honour Judge L

18.05.06

Family

Auckland

de Ridder, His Honour Judge KB

05.08.05

Jury/Youth

Whangarei

Doherty, His Honour Judge CJ

08.04.97

Jury

Christchurch

Doogue, Her Honour Judge JM

21.07.94

Family

Auckland

Druce, His Honour Judge TH

27.03.03

Family/Youth

Whangarei

Dwyer, His Honour Judge BP

01.09.06

Environment

Wellington

Ellis, His Honour Judge GF

08.07.91

Family

Wellington

Epati, His Honour Judge A’e’au S

22.02.02

Jury

Manukau

Farish, Her Honour Judge JA
10.08.07
Jury
Christchurch




Field, His Honour Judge CJ

07.02.97

Jury

Auckland

Fitzgerald, His Honour Judge AJ

10.05.99

Family/Youth

Auckland

Flatley, His Honour Judge D

08.12.05

Family

Invercargill

Fleming, Her Honour Judge SJ

17.03.00

Family

Auckland

Fraser, His Honour Judge GA

22.01.98

Family/Youth

Palmerston North

Garland, His Honour Judge AD

21.03.05

Jury

Palmerston North

Geoghegan, His Honour Judge JP

07.02.03

Family/Youth

Rotorua

Gittos, His Honour Judge JP

25.03.94

Jury

Auckland

Grace, His Honour Judge PR

29.11.95

Family/Youth

Wellington

Harding, His Honour Judge CJ

04.04.96

Jury/Youth

Tauranga

Harland, Her Honour Judge M

28.05.07

Jury

Hamilton

Harrop, His Honour Judge SM

08.02.07

Jury

Wellington

Harvey, His Honour Judge DJ

16.01.89

Jury/Youth

Manukau

Harvey, His Honour Judge DG

28.02.06

Jury

Whangarei

Hikaka, His Honour Judge GF

15.11.04

Family/Youth

Papakura

Hinton, His Honour Judge LI
11.12.07
Jury
North Shore




Hubble, His Honour Judge GV

05.02.96

Jury

Auckland

Ingram, His Honour Judge TR

11.01.05

Jury

Tauranga

Jackson, His Honour Judge JR

01.11.96

Environment

Christchurch

Johns, Her Honour Judge AJ

12.07.05

Jury

Manukau

Johnston, Her Honour Judge J

23.01.98

Family

Wellington

Joyce, His Honour Judge GR, QC

15.10.93

Jury

Auckland

Kellar, His Honour Judge PR

05.04.07

Jury

Dunedin

Kelly, Her Honour Judge JM

18.09.03

Jury

Wellington

Kiernan, Her Honour Judge AE

05.11.02

Jury

Auckland

Lovell-Smith, Her Honour Judge JH

03.03.94

Jury/Youth

Manukau

Lynch, His Honour Judge GM
31.10.08
Jury
Palmerston North

MacAskill, His Honour Judge GS

04.11.97

Jury

Christchurch

MacKenzie, Her Honour Judge MA
16.01.08
Family/Youth
Rotorua


Mackintosh, Her Honour Judge BM


30.01.03


Jury/Youth


Napier

MacLean, His Honour Judge N
08.12.93
Coroner
Wellington


Malosi, Her Honour Judge IM


28.08.02


Family/Youth


Manukau

Mather, His Honour Judge DG

26.02.97

Family

Waitakere

Mathers, Her Honour Judge NJ

09.06.00

Jury

Auckland

Maude, His Honour Judge SJ

Maze, Her Honour Judge JE

18.01.08

01.10.01

Family

Jury

Whangarei

Hamilton

McAuslan, Her Honour Judge SEC

06.04.95

Jury

Papakura

McDonald, His Honour Judge DJ

29.04.05

Jury

Whangarei

McGuire, His Honour Judge CJ

19.12.97

Jury

Rotorua

McHardy, His Honour Judge IA

04.10.05

Family

Auckland

McMeeken, Her Honour Judge JA

27.08.99

Family/Youth

Christchurch

McNaughton, His Honour Judge DJ
08.08.08
Jury
Auckland

Mill, His Honour Judge IG

15.01.98

Family/Jury/Youth

Wellington

Moran, Her Honour Judge JJ

05.09.03

Family

Christchurch

Moran, His Honour Judge PA

18.06.90

Jury/Youth

Christchurch

Morris, Her Honour Judge BA

20.06.00

Jury

North Shore

Moss, Her Honour Judge JF

02.06.95

Family/Youth

Wellington

Munro, Her Honour Judge J

11.07.07

Family/Youth

Rotorua

Murfitt, His Honour Judge RJ

19.04.04

Family/Youth

New Plymouth

Neave, His Honour Judge RE

7.11.07

Jury

Christchurch

Newhook, His Honour Judge LJ

17.08.01

Environment

Auckland

O’Driscoll, His Honour Judge SJ

29.05.03

Jury/Youth

Dunedin

O’Dwyer, Her Honour Judge MNE

01.11.02

Family/Youth

Dunedin

Paul, His Honour Judge EP
01.02.08
Jury
Auckland




Perkins, His Honour Judge ME

31.08.99

Jury/Youth

North Shore

Phillips, His Honour Judge KJ

20.02.06

Jury/Youth

Invercargill

Radford, His Honour Judge MR

31.10.06

Jury

Wanganui

Rea, His Honour Judge GA

09.05.95

Jury/Youth

Napier

Recordon, His Honour Judge PJ

28.08.03

Jury/Youth

Waitakere

Riddell, Her Honour Judge RH

02.02.06

Family

Hamilton

Roberts, His Honour Judge AC

03.04.07

Jury

New Plymouth

Rogers, Her Honour Judge ML

02.09.05

Family

Manukau

Rollo, His Honour Judge PS

14.07.00

Jury/Youth

Tauranga

Ross, His Honour Judge GM

27.08.93

General/Youth

Palmerston North


Russell, His Honour Judge RJ
30.01.08
Family/Youth
Nelson




Ryan, His Honour Judge LJ

03.04.96

Family/Youth

North Shore

Saunders, His Honour Judge DJL

03.12.93

Jury

Christchurch

Sharp, Her Honour Judge ME

03.11.95

Jury

Auckland

Sinclair, Her Honour Judge AA
19.12.07
Jury
Auckland




Singh, His Honour Judge AS

04.11.02

Jury

Manukau

Smith, His Honour Judge JA

14.07.00

Environment

Christchurch

Smith, Her Honour Judge E

18.11.04

Family

Dunedin

Somerville, His Honour Judge CP

09.05.96

Family

Christchurch

Somerville, Her Honour Judge AE

02.03.01

Family

Tauranga

Spear, His Honour Judge RLB

20.04.95

Jury

Hamilton

Spiller, His Honour Judge PR

07.08.09

Jury

Wellington

Strettell, His Honour Judge JJD

26.11.90

Family/Youth

Christchurch

Taumaunu, His Honour Judge HM

15.01.04

Jury/Youth

Waitakere

Thomas, Her Honour Judge SE

23.03.05

Jury

Wellington

Thompson, His Honour Judge CJ

26.06.92

Environment

Wellington

Tompkins, His Honour Judge AIM

30.04.97

Jury

Hamilton

Tremewan, Her Honour Judge L

10.01.05

Jury/Youth

Waitakere

Tuohy, His Honour Judge CN

26.09.97

Jury

Wellington


Ullrich, Her Honour Judge VH, QC

02.05.03

Family

Wellington

von Dadelszen, His Honour Judge P

27.11.87

Family/Youth

Napier

Wade, His Honour Judge R

30.11.05

Jury

Manukau

Walker, Her Honour Judge JH

27.01.05

Family

North Shore

Walker, His Honour Judge JA

16.12.94

Jury/Youth

Wellington

Walsh, His Honour Judge NA

23.07.99

Family/Youth

Christchurch

Walsh, His Honour Judge AP

14.11.96

Family/Youth

Wellington

Weir, His Honour Judge JJ

14.04.00

Jury

Rotorua

Whiting, His Honour Judge RG

26.06.97

Environment

Auckland

Wilson, His Honour Judge D, QC

29.08.03

Jury

North Shore

Wolff, His Honour Judge RP

02.02.95

Jury

Hamilton

Zohrab, His Honour Judge AA

21.04.05

Jury/Youth

Nelson

 

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