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	Science Fair Projects - Supreme Court of New Zealand
		The Supreme Court of New Zealand is the highest court of appeal in New Zealand, having formally come into existence at the beginning of 2004, and sitting for the first time on 1 July 2004.
		The Supreme Court Act was passed by a relatively small margin - the governing Labour and Progressive parties, along with the Greens, voted in favour, while the National, New Zealand First, ACT, and United Future parties voted against.
		The first case to be heard by the Supreme Court was the matter of Donna Awatere Huata's expulsion from Parliament.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Supreme_Court_of_New_Zealand (569 words)

	Court dress Information
		Court dress may be worn at hearings in open court in all courts of the Supreme Court of Judicature and in county courts.
		Court dress is not worn at hearings in chambers and in the magistrates' courts.
		Court dress is almost invariable in any public hearing in the Crown Court but otherwise is subject to the decision of the judge or local practice.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Court_dress (1465 words)

	The History of the Supreme Court \| Courts of New Zealand
		Before the establishment of the Supreme Court, New Zealand’s highest court of appeal was the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
		The idea that New Zealand abolish its ties with the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was first mooted more than 100 years ago by the Chief Justice, Sir Robert Stout and it has resurfaced many times in the intervening years.
		The Supreme Court was formally established when the Act came into force, and was empowered to hear appeals from 1 July 2004.
	www.courtsofnz.govt.nz /about/supreme/history.html (516 words)

	HOLDENREPUBLIC.org.nz: Supreme Court: The case for the Supreme Court series
		The Labour Government's first discussion paper on the Supreme Court in 2000 used the terms "national identity" and "independence" widely (Wilson: 2000), and did not put enough of the practical case for the Court.
		Opponents of the Court thus framed their arguments as a conflict between "national identity" and "legal pragmatism" (Cox: 2002), as if keeping the Privy Council was self-evidently more practical than abolishing it.
		Ignoring the illogic of equating the quantity of a population with the quality of its judiciary (the New Zealand is "too small" claim again), opponents of the Supreme Court also argued against the overwhelming evidence that New Zealand's future ability to actually appeal to the Privy Council was in jeopardy.
	www.holdenrepublic.org.nz /2006/08/supreme-court-case-for-supreme-court.html (939 words)

	New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		New Zealand or Aotearoa, the Land of the Long White Cloud, is a country of two large islands and many much smaller islands in the south-western Pacific Ocean.
		The population of New Zealand is mostly of European descent, with the indigenous Māori as the largest minority.
		New Zealand was involved in a Constitutional Convention in March 1891 in Sydney, New South Wales, along with the then-colonies of Australia.
	www.fermentitravel.it /en/new-zealand.htm (2036 words)

	Law Society attacks supreme court plan - 13 May 2003 - Feature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Lawyer Max Rawnsley, a member of the society's courts committee, said the bill proposed a fundamental change in the relationship between the executive and the judiciary because of plans for the Supreme Court judges to be appointed by the Attorney-General.
		He said that at the moment the New Zealand executive did not appoint judges to the final avenue of appeal, the Privy Council, and that independence should be retained.
		New Zealand's small population meant it would not be possible to produce enough judges of sufficient stature and ability to staff a second appeal court locally.
	www.nzherald.co.nz /feature/story.cfm?c_id=625&ObjectID=3501552 (679 words)

	New Zealand Human Rights
		New Zealand is a parliamentary democracy, with executive authority vested in a 20-member cabinet led by the Prime Minister.
		New Zealand was invited by the Community of Democracies' (CD) Convening Group to attend the November 2002 second CD Ministerial meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea, as a participant.
		Since that time, no new cases of internationally trafficked persons have been brought to the attention of the authorities; however, there were reports that undocumented Thai and Chinese were forced to work in the sex industry to repay debts to smugglers.
	www.nationbynation.com /NewZealand/Human.html (5084 words)

	New Zealand: Letter to Prime Minister Clark asking for review of refugee standards (Human Rights Watch, 24-1-2007) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Zaoui’s continued presence in New Zealand constituted a “threat to national security,” and that there were reasonable grounds to regard him as “a danger to the security of New Zealand.” Relying upon this certificate your Minister of Immigration ordered Mr.
		As the Supreme Court of New Zealand has acknowledged, “Release on bail is not liberty.” Therefore, Human Rights Watch urges you to ensure that your government is doing all that it is empowered to do to ensure the speedy settlement of Mr.
		Human Rights Watch notes that under both international and New Zealand law there is an absolute bar on returning an individual to another country when there are “substantial grounds for believing that he would be in danger of being subjected to torture” or arbitrary deprivation of life.
	hrw.org /english/docs/2007/01/24/newzea15179.htm (1107 words)

	Courts and cases New Zealand (Lexadin)
		The Supreme Court of New Zealand is from 1 july 2004 the highest judicial instance in New Zealand.
		The Court is established by the Supreme Court Act of 2003.
		The Court is composed of head of the New Zealand Judiciary, the Chief Justice and up to 55 other Judges (which includes the Judges of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal).
	www.lexadin.nl /wlg/courts/nofr/oeur/lxctnzl.htm (363 words)

	Supreme Court of New Zealand - Definition, explanation
		On 4 May, 2005 the Attorney-General, Michael Cullen announced the appointment Justice John McGrath of the New Zealand Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court bench.
		Although the desire and proposals for an indigeonous final appellate court can be traced back over a number of years, the creation of the Supreme Court was controversial.
		The Supreme Court Act was passed by a relatively small margin - the governing Labour and Progressive parties, supported by the Greens, voted in favour, while the National, New Zealand First, ACT, and United Future parties voted against.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/s/su/supreme_court_of_new_zealand.php (617 words)

	The Judges of the Supreme Court \| Courts of New Zealand
		Justice Blanchard was appointed to the Court of Appeal in 1996 and to the Supreme Court in January 2004.
		Justice McGrath was appointed to the Court of Appeal in July 2000 and to the Supreme Court in May 2005.
		Justice Anderson was appointed to the Supreme Court in February 2006.
	www.courtsofnz.govt.nz /about/supreme/judges.html (534 words)

	AustLII: AustLII Databases
		Supreme Court of the Northern Territory Decisions 1986-
		Supreme Court of the Northern Territory - Court of Appeal Decisions 2000-
		Supreme Court of the Northern Territory - Court of Criminal Appeal Decisions 2000-
	www.austlii.edu.au /databases.html (617 words)

	Beehive.govt.nz - Supreme Court Bill introduced to House
		A Supreme Court of New Zealand Bill has been introduced to the House in line with the key policy decisions announced by the government in April, Attorney-General Margaret Wilson said today.
		Having a court of final appeal in New Zealand would mean more people would have access to justice, she said.
		Margaret Wilson said the Bill would be consistent with the Supreme Court model recommended by the Ministerial Advisory Group in its report on the reshaping of the country's court of appeal structure.
	www.beehive.govt.nz /ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=15667 (1158 words)

	JUDICIARY - JUDICIARY - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
		The New Zealand Judiciary, the roll of which after a century and a quarter still carries fewer than 70 names, dates from 10 January 1842 when the first Judge of the Supreme Court in the infant colony took the oaths of office.
		Clause 2 provided that the new Court should “have jurisdiction in all cases as fully as Her Majesty's Courts of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer at Westminster” and “be a Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery, and Assize and Nisi Prius.” Other clauses included equity, probate, and lunacy.
		Meanwhile, the inaugural sitting of the Supreme Court had been held by the Chief Justice in Auckland in the third week of February 1842, the first case called being a murder charge against a young Maori chieftain, Maketu, who was subsequently hanged.
	www.teara.govt.nz /1966/J/Judiciary/mi (721 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Australia & New Zealand
		July 25 (Bloomberg) -- New Zealanders are debating whether to change the South Pacific country's flag, removing references to its past as a British colony and adopting a symbol that represents the national identity.
		The fern, worn on the jerseys of All Blacks, the world's top-ranked rugby team, is a national symbol originating from the leaf of a native New Zealand fern, the Cyathea Dealbata, whose upper side is green and underside is silver.
		Some New Zealanders are incensed by the prospect of dumping an ensign that led the country into both world wars, the Korean War, Vietnam War and conflicts in Borneo and Malaysia.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000081&sid=aS7pO4hduLaY&refer=australia (875 words)

	LEGAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		JOSHUA STRANGE WILLIAMS, M.A., LL.M., Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, is the eldest son of the late Mr.
		Early in 1862, he was admitted barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, and commenced practice with Mr.
		GEORGE ALFRED KING, Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court, Agent for the Patent Office, and Clerk of Awards under the Conciliation and Arbitration Act, was appointed to the above-named offices in 1890.
	www.colonialcdbooks.com /legal.htm (1228 words)

	New Zealand Dollar and New Zealand currency information including currency exchange rates
		The New Zealand Parliament is unicameral, consisting of the House of Representatives.
		The highest court in the nation is the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
		New Zealand's judiciary also has a High Court, which deals with serious criminal offences and civil matters, and a Court of Appeal, as well as subordinate courts.
	www.gocurrency.com /countries/new_zealand.htm (572 words)

	Government names Supreme Court judges - 11 Nov 2003 - Feature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Judges for New Zealand's new highest court have been chosen from the senior ranks of the Court of Appeal.
		All five Supreme Court judges announced yesterday were appointed to the Court of Appeal under a National-led Government.
		Some of the new appointments may be for as little as two years because judges are required to retire at the age of 68.
	www.nzherald.co.nz /feature/story.cfm?c_id=625&objectid=3533599 (737 words)

	Meet the Judges of the New Inquiry
		Sir Edward was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in 1974, and became a judge of ÊNew Zealand's Court of Appeal in 1981.
		Justice Hoyt was appointed a judge of the Court of the Queen's Bench of New Brunswick in 1981.
		He was Chief Justice of New Brunswick 1993 Êto 1998 and, in that capacity, was a member of the Canadian Judicial Council.
	library.thinkquest.org /18666/newinquiry/composition/judges.htm (519 words)

	Speakers - Faculty of Arts at The University of Auckland, New Zealand
		Justice Finn was appointed a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia in 1995.
		Since 1997 he has been the Chairman of the New Zealand Council of Legal Education, and before that (since 1992) he was a member of that body.
		He was appointed to the Court of Appeal in 1995 and made a Privy Councillor in 1996.
	www.cce.auckland.ac.nz /conferences/index.cfm?P=7923 (1201 words)

	New Zealand Progressive Political Party - A New Zealand Supreme Court better for business
		The Progressive Party is voting in favour of the Supreme Court Bill in part because having our own final court of appeal will be better or the overwhelming majority of local businesses and employers, Jim Anderton, said today.
		These concerns centred in particular around the need to establish a genuinely independent final appellate court to replace the Council and the need for full consultation with Maori, many of whom see the retention of the Council as an expression of their particular relationship with the Crown through the Treaty of Waitangi.
		Sir Thomas Legg, former head of the Lord Chancellor's Department, recently stated that "non-UK users of the Privy Council should be politely invited to consider alternative arrangements" meaning New Zealand needed to consider whether or not the British replacement for the Privy Council would be a satisfactory substitute in any case.
	www.progressive.org.nz /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=497 (394 words)

	Beehive.govt.nz - New Supreme Court of New Zealand planned (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Chief Justice, as the head of the New Zealand judiciary, would head the court and normally be the presiding judge.
		Appointing Supreme Court judges from within the New Zealand judiciary would not be difficult, Margaret Wilson said.
		The Supreme Court would perform the traditional roles of the Privy Court – error correction, clarification and development of the law.
	www.beehive.govt.nz /ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=13403 (341 words)

	WorldLII - Categories - Countries - New Zealand - Courts & Case-Law - Supreme Court of New Zealand
		Home page - came into being on 1 January 2004 and replaced the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (London) as the final court of appeal for New Zealand.
		Includes the First Sitting Speeches, the Supreme Court Act and Rules, case summaries, judgments (pdf) and transcripts (pdf) since 2004
		Supreme Court of New Zealand - Leave to Appeal Application
	www.worldlii.org /catalog/55773.html (120 words)

	NEW R & A CAPTAIN NOMINATED FOR THE YEAR 2005-2006
		In 1961 he commenced his career as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, working for the legal firm of A J Park & Son and by 1984 had been appointed a Queen's Counsel.
		Three years later he was appointed a Judge of the High Court of New Zealand and in 1991 was named one of the Judges of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand.
		This was followed by his appointment in 2002 as President of the Court of Appeal and finally, in 2004, as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
	www.ugagolf.com /enewsletter/2005/May/Issue03/UGA_RANDA_Captain.htm (556 words)

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