Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

District Court Judge Appointed

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
Anna-Marie Skellern
as 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
8 April 2013.
Dated at Wellington this 21st day of January 2013.
HON CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON, QC, Attorney-General.