National
Chief Justice
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Appointed by the Governor-General
- Exact method
- Appointed by the Governor-General on ministerial advice; mandatory retirement at 70.
- Chosen by
- Governor-General
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
Helen Winkelmann since March 2019
Report Source: courtsofnz.govt.nz,
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Sources
- en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, 'Supreme Court of New Zealand' (current judges table), read 2026-10-12: Chief Justice and justices with dates they took office. Fallback: Wikipedia (raw wikitext saved under data/raw/wikipedia-nz/), because courtsofnz.govt.nz not fetched. For: Chief Justice, Helen Winkelmann, current term
- courtsofnz.govt.nz · checked Courts of New Zealand, Judges and Acting Judges of the Supreme Court, Wayback copy of 2026-07-17 (site returns HTTP 405 to our fetcher), read 2026-10-12: judge listed as a permanent judge of the Supreme Court. For: Helen Winkelmann, current term