National
Justice of the Supreme Court
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. The court has the Chief Justice and up to five other judges.
- Chosen by
- Governor-General
- Seats
- Up to 5
Who holds these seats now
- Ellen France since July 2016 Report Source: en.wikipedia.org, checked
- Francis Cooke since February 2026 Report Source: en.wikipedia.org, checked
- Joe Williams since May 2019 Report Source: en.wikipedia.org, checked
- Neil Campbell since July 2026 Report Source: en.wikipedia.org, checked
- Stephen Kós since April 2022 Report Source: en.wikipedia.org, checked
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: Justice of the Supreme Court, Ellen France, current term, Francis Cooke, current term, Joe Williams, current term, Neil Campbell, current term, Stephen Kós, current term