Chief Justice of New Zealand

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judicial office public office

The Chief Justice of New Zealand is the country’s most senior judge and head of the judiciary, presiding over the Supreme Court and overseeing the administration of justice.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Chief Justice of New Zealand canonical	18
Administrator of the Government of New Zealand	1
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand (pre‑2004 apex court)	1
Head of the Supreme Court of New Zealand	1
Lord Chief Justice of New Zealand	1
President of the Supreme Court of New Zealand	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial office ⓘ public office ⓘ
appointedBy	Governor-General of New Zealand ⓘ
appointmentOnAdviceOf	Prime Minister of New Zealand ⓘ
branch	judicial branch of government ⓘ
constitutingInstrument	Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) ⓘ surface form: Constitution Act 1986 Senior Courts Act 2016 ⓘ
country	New Zealand ⓘ
currentHolder	Dame Helen Winkelmann ⓘ
currentHolderGender	female ⓘ
currentHolderHonorific	Dame Helen Winkelmann ⓘ surface form: The Rt Hon Dame Helen Winkelmann
currentHolderPredecessor	Dame Sian Elias ⓘ
currentHolderStartDate	2019-03-14 ⓘ
firstHolder	Sir William Martin ⓘ
firstHolderStartDate	1841 ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court judges of New Zealand
hasRole	presiding judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ senior member of the Order of New Zealand’s legal system ⓘ
headOf	New Zealand courts ⓘ surface form: judiciary of New Zealand
isAboveInSeniority	Chief High Court Judge of New Zealand ⓘ President of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand ⓘ
jurisdiction	New Zealand ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
mandatoryRetirementAge	70 ⓘ
mayServeAs	Chief Justice of New Zealand self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Administrator of the Government of New Zealand
memberOf	New Zealand courts ⓘ surface form: Judicial branch of New Zealand
nativeName	Chief Justice of New Zealand self-link ⓘ
notableFormerHolder	Dame Sian Elias ⓘ Sir Michael Hardie Boys ⓘ Sir Ronald Davison ⓘ Sir Thomas Eichelbaum ⓘ
officeCreatedIn	1841 ⓘ
officeHoldersNumberedFrom	1841 ⓘ
officeHoldersTitle	Chief Justice ⓘ
officeType	non-political ⓘ
oversees	Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of New Zealand registry judicial conduct and performance at the apex court level ⓘ
participatesIn	State Opening of Parliament ⓘ surface form: Ceremonial opening of the New Zealand Parliament swearing-in of the Governor-General of New Zealand ⓘ
predecessorOffice	Chief Justice of New Zealand self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand (pre‑2004 apex court)
presidesOver	Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
rank	most senior judge in New Zealand ⓘ
reportsTo	no higher judicial authority within New Zealand ⓘ
residence	Wellington ⓘ
responsibleFor	administration of justice in New Zealand ⓘ
salaryDeterminedBy	Remuneration Authority of New Zealand ⓘ
seat	Wellington ⓘ
style	The Right Honourable ⓘ
termLength	until mandatory retirement age ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supreme Court of New Zealand → composition → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ

Supreme Court of New Zealand → chiefJudgeTitle → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ

Chief Justice of New Zealand → predecessorOffice → Chief Justice of New Zealand self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Zealand (pre‑2004 apex court)

Chief Justice of New Zealand → mayServeAs → Chief Justice of New Zealand self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Administrator of the Government of New Zealand

Chief Justice of New Zealand → nativeName → Chief Justice of New Zealand self-link ⓘ

Te Kōti Mana Nui → headOfCourtTitle → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ

SCNZ → composition → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ

subject surface form: Supreme Court of New Zealand

SCNZ → hasChiefJudgeTitle → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ

subject surface form: Supreme Court of New Zealand

Dame Helen Winkelmann → positionHeld → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ

subject surface form: Helen Winkelmann

this entity surface form: Head of the Supreme Court of New Zealand

New Zealand government → hasJudiciaryHead → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ

President of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand → reportsWithinSystemTo → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ

President of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand → worksWith → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ

this entity surface form: President of the Supreme Court of New Zealand

Dame Sian Elias → positionHeld → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ

Dame Sian Elias → officeHeld → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ

Sir Michael Hardie Boys → positionHeld → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ

Sir Thomas Eichelbaum → positionHeld → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ

Seal of the Supreme Court of New Zealand → associatedWith → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ

Chief High Court Judge of New Zealand → reportsTo → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ

Chief High Court Judge of New Zealand → worksWith → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ

President of the Court of Appeal → worksWith → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ

Senior Courts of New Zealand → headedBy → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ

Robin Cooke → positionHeld → Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Chief Justice of New Zealand