Pursuant to sections 5 and 28B of the District Courts
Act 1947 and section 5(1) of the Family Courts Act 1980, His Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand has been pleased to appoint
David Graham Smith, barrister, of Auckland
to be a District Court Judge, to exercise civil and
criminal jurisdiction within New Zealand, to exercise
the criminal jurisdiction of the District Courts under
Part 2A of the District Courts Act 1947, and to exercise
the jurisdiction of the Family Courts, commencing on
27 January 2012.
Dated at Wellington this 3rd day of November 2011.
HON CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON, Attorney-General.