District Court Judge Appointed Pursuant to sections 5 and 28b of the District Courts Act 1947, His Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand has been pleased to appoint Leslie Herrick Atkins, Queen's Counsel of Palmerston North to be a District Court Judge, to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction within New Zealand, and to exercise the jurisdiction of the District Courts under Part IIa of the District Courts Act 1947. Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of November 1997. D. A. M. GRAHAM, Minister of Justice.