18 March, 2010
Laws that will enhance public confidence in the judicial complaints process, and ensure that Courts are adequately resourced to improve access to justice were passed by Parliament today.
Read full release >>17 March, 2010
The 150th anniversary of the start of the Taranaki land wars was marked today by signing of Terms of Negotiation with two of the iwi of Taranaki, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Christopher Finlayson announced.
Read full release >>16 February, 2010
Creative New Zealand's four governing bodies will be streamlined into a single board to improve its effectiveness and to free up resources that would be better directed to artists, under a proposal announced today by Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson.
Read full release >>10 February, 2010
Two new judges have been appointed to sit at the Manukau District Court, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today.
Read full release >>27 January, 2010
Preliminary findings of the 2009 review of the New Zealand Historic Places Act will help to focus the Historic Places Trust on its significant regulatory responsibilities while providing opportunities for more effective advocacy in local communities, Arts Culture and Heritage Minister Christopher Finlayson announced today.
Read full release >>16 January, 2010
The Crown and Te Hiku Forum, a group of Far North iwi, today signed an Agreement in Principle at Roma Marae by Ahipara towards settling historical Treaty of Waitangi claims in the area, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Christopher Finlayson announced.
Read full release >>22 December, 2009
The Crown will sign separate Agreements in Principle with Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara and Ngāti Manuhiri in Auckland today, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Christopher Finlayson announced.
Read full release >>18 December, 2009
E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā kārangatanga maha Nga manuhiri tuārangi Tuhoe rohe, Tuhoe iwi
Read full speech >>17 December, 2009
The Crown and Waikato-Tainui today signed a revised deed of settlement in relation to their historical Treaty claims over the Waikato River, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Christopher Finlayson announced.
Read full release >>10 December, 2009
Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the River Plate this weekend at a service at the National War Memorial in Wellington.
Read full release >>8 December, 2009
The Crown and Ngāti Whare today signed a Deed of Settlement for the iwi's historical Treaty of Waitangi claims, Minister for Trety of Waitangi Negotiations Christopher Finlayson announced.
Read full release >>2 December, 2009
New funding of $100,000 confirmed today from Pub Charity towards a storage facility for the New Zealand Film Archive was welcomed by Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Hon Christopher Finlayson.
Read full release >>2 December, 2009
Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson said he had confirmed today that the Judicial Conduct Commissioner has received a complaint relating to Justice Wilson's failure to recuse himself from a Court of Appeal case despite the nature and extent of his financial relationship with counsel in the case.
Read full release >>20 November, 2009
Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Christopher Finlayson spoke today at the announcement of a major original exhibition by Weta Workshop which will tour China later this year.
Read full release >>11 November, 2009
Attorney-General Chris Finlayson will look at ways in which New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States can cooperate in the prosecution of those responsible for genocide, it was resolved at a meeting of Attorneys-General in London last night (New Zealand time).
Read full release >>5 November, 2009
Roger Murray Bell has been appointed as a temporary Associate Judge of the High Court for a period of 12 months, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today.
Read full release >>29 October, 2009
Tauranga solicitor Frances Jean Eivers has been appointed a District Court Judge with a Family Court warrant, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today.
Read full release >>23 October, 2009
In a lecture given at Cambridge University on 16 November 2006, Lord Bingham of Cornhill, formerly senior Law Lord, spoke about the rule of law. Unlike many speeches on this topic, which tend to be bland and almost meaningless, this lecture was both detailed and illuminating.
Read full speech >>7 October, 2009
Architect Ian Athfield has been appointed as to the New Zealand Historic Places Trust Board, Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson announced today.
Read full release >>7 October, 2009
Academic and historian Judith Binney and artist and curator Helen Kedgley have been appointed to the board of the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa, Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson announced today.
Read full release >>30 September, 2009
A taskforce consisting of several of New Zealand's most high-profile supporters of the arts will investigate ways to improve levels of philanthropic giving in New Zealand, Minister of Arts Culture and Heritage Chris Finlayson announced today.
Read full release >>17 September, 2009
Auckland High Court Judge Hon Justice Helen Winkelmann has been appointed Chief High Court Judge to replace Hon Justice Anthony Randerson when he joins the bench of the Court of Appeal next year, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today.
Read full release >>16 September, 2009
Wellington Coroner Garry Evans has been appointed acting Chief Coroner, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today.
Read full release >>12 September, 2009
Speech at New Zealand Bar Association Conference
Read full speech >>19 August, 2009
Douglas White QC has been appointed a Judge of the High Court, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today.
Read full release >>17 August, 2009
Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson today announced new appointments to the board of Te Waka Toi.
Read full release >>14 August, 2009
Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson expressed his sincere condolences to the family of Professor Michael Taggart, who passed away yesterday after battling illness for over a year.
Read full release >>6 August, 2009
Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson and Minister of Maori Affairs Dr Pita Sharples today honoured the veterans of New Zealand’s 28th Maori Battalion for their service during the Second World War at a function held in Wellington.
Read full release >>5 August, 2009
Wellington lawyer Sir David Gascoigne has been appointed Judicial Conduct Commissioner, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today.
Read full release >>5 August, 2009
"Today is a great day for black letter law," Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson said after a bill streamlining the law around limitation periods for bringing civil legal proceedings passed its first reading in Parliament last night.
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