What is the scope of the office of Chief Justice of New Zealand? This article makes the case that a strong office of Chief Justice is necessary for the maintainance of balance within New Zealand's constitutional arrangements. It also maps three sets of roles of the office: the Chief Justice...
10.New Zealand was the first country to have its three top positions of power held simultaneously by women: The Prime Minister (Helen Clark), the Governor General (Dame Silvia Cartwright), and the Chief Justice (Sian Elias). 3 Facts 11 – 15 ...
New Zealand is one of the few countries with two national anthems: “God Defend New Zealand,” which was adopted in 1940 as the national song and in 1977 as the co-national anthem, and “God Save the Queen,” which is normally played only when a member of the royal family is present....
New Zealand, a small and geographically isolated developed nation, provides an interesting context for the study of gender differences in the labour market. New Zealand was the first nation state in the world to grant women the right to vote in parliamentary elections, was an early adopter of e...
conventional short form: New Zealandabbreviation: NZetymology: Dutch explorer Abel TASMAN was the first European to reach New Zealand in 1642; he named it Staten Landt, but Dutch cartographers renamed it Nova Zeelandia in 1645 after the Dutch province of Zeeland; British explorer Captain James ...
One of the first legislative measures of the young colony, back in 1841, drafted in part by the Birmingham born first Chief Justice, was the creation of what is now know as the High Court of New Zealand. That legislation has been updated over the years, significantly in the 1880s before...
New Zealand is the only country in the world in which all the highest offices in the land have been occupied simultaneously by women: Queen Elizabeth II, Governor-General Dame Silvia Cartwright, Prime Minister Helen Clark, Speaker of the House of Representatives Margaret Wilson and Chief Justice ...
court rulescolonynew south walesnew zealandequitypleadingfusionThis article looks at the first rules of the Supreme Courts of New South Wales and New Zealand. In both colonies the first Chief Justice put in place simplified rules, appropriate, as they saw it, for the needs of a young colony ...
New Zealand's justice minister says the nation is confronting cyber attacks on an unprecedented scale, targeting everything from the stock market to the weather service. Andrew Little said in an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday that tracking down the perpetrators of the attacks in...
The Supreme Court is made up of New Zealand judges, and is presided over by the Chief Justice. P AG E 3. New Zealand's international trade profile With a population of a little more than 4 million, trade is essential to New Zealand's continued prosperity. With exports of goods ...