Pursuant to sections 11 and 14 of the District Court Act 2016 Her Excellency the Governor-General hereby appoints:

Jonathan Grant Krebs

Clare Helen Bennett

each as a District Court Judge, to exercise the civil and criminal jurisdiction of the court, and also to exercise the criminal jurisdiction of the District Court under section 354(3) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011, commencing on 1 October 2019 and 3 October 2019 respectively.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of August 2019.

Hon DAVID PARKER, Attorney-General.