Pursuant to section 10A of the District Courts Act 1947, His Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand has been pleased to appoint

Anne-Marie Josephine Bouchier
John Enoka MacDonald
Stanley Arthur Thorburn
Patrick Insley Treston

each a retired District Court Judge, to be Acting District Court Judges, to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction in New Zealand and to exercise the criminal jurisdiction of the District Courts under section 354(3) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011, at such place or places and for such period or periods only as the Chief District Court Judge may fix, pursuant to section 10A of the District Courts Act 1947, for a term of one year commencing on 29 February 2016; and

Heather McGregor Simpson, cnzm
Carolyn Henwood

each a retired District Court Judge, to be Acting District Court Judges, to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction in New Zealand, at such place or places and for such period or periods only as the Chief District Court Judge may fix, pursuant to section 10A of the District Courts Act 1947, for a term of one year commencing on 29 February 2016; and

Geoffrey Fraser Ellis
Paul Whitehead

each a retired District Court Judge, to be Acting District Court Judges, to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction in New Zealand at such place or places and for such period or periods only as the Chief District Court Judge may fix, pursuant to section 10A of the District Courts Act 1947, and also to exercise the jurisdiction of the Family Courts, pursuant to section 7 of the Family Courts Act 1980, for a term of one year commencing on 29 February 2016; and

Dale Fleur Clarkson

retired District Court Judge, to be an Acting District Court Judge, to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction in New Zealand at such place or places and for such period or periods only as the Chief District Court Judge may fix, pursuant to section 10A of the District Courts Act 1947, and also to exercise the jurisdiction of the Family Courts, pursuant to section 7 of the Family Courts Act 1980, for a term commencing on 20 February 2016 and expiring on 28 February 2017; and

Alexander James Twaddle
Brian Hamish Struthers Neal

each a retired District Court Judge, to be Acting District Court Judges, to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction in New Zealand at such place or places and for such period or periods only as the Chief District Court Judge may fix, pursuant to section 10A of the District Courts Act 1947, and also to exercise the jurisdiction of the Family Courts pursuant to section 7 of the Family Courts Act 1980, for a term commencing on 16 February 2016 and expiring on 28 February 2017; and

David Anthony Ongley

retired District Court Judge, to be an Acting District Court Judge, to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction in New Zealand and to exercise the criminal jurisdiction of the District Courts under section 354(3) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011, at such place or places and for such period or periods only as the Chief District Court Judge may fix, pursuant to section 10A of the District Courts Act 1947, for a term commencing on 29 February 2016 and expiring on 3 July 2016.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of February 2016.

Hon CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON, qc, Attorney-General.