20 DECEMBER 2012 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 151 4471

Transfer of Records of the District Court Held in Feilding

Whereas the District Court held in Feilding has been abolished with effect from the close of 1 March 2013:

Now therefore, I, Chester Borrows, Minister for Courts, acting pursuant to section 70(1) of the District Courts Act 1947, hereby direct that the records of the District Court held in Feilding be delivered to the Registrar of the District Court held in Palmerston North.

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of December 2012.

HON CHESTER BORROWS, Minister for Courts.

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• the office of the Wanganui District Court will also be the office of the Marton District Court;
• the office of the Whakatane District Court will also be the office of the Opotiki District Court;
• the office of the Thames Court will also be the office of the Waihi District Court;
• the office of the Hastings District Court will also be the office of the Waipukurau District Court; and
• the office of the Hamilton District Court will also be the office of the Te Kuiti District Court and the Te Awamutu District Court.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of December 2012.

ANDREW BRIDGMAN, Secretary for Justice.

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Transfer of Records of the District Court Held in Lower Hutt

Whereas the District Court held in Lower Hutt has been abolished with effect from the close of 1 March 2013:

Now therefore, I, Chester Borrows, Minister for Courts, acting pursuant to section 70(1) of the District Courts Act 1947, hereby direct that the records of the District Court held in Lower Hutt be delivered to the Registrar of the District Court held in the Hutt Valley.

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of December 2012.

HON CHESTER BORROWS, Minister for Courts.

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Transfer of Records of the District Court Held in Upper Hutt

Whereas the District Court held in Upper Hutt has been abolished with effect from the close of 1 March 2013:

Now therefore, I, Chester Borrows, Minister for Courts, acting pursuant to section 70(1) of the District Courts Act 1947, hereby direct that the records of the District Court held in Upper Hutt be delivered to the Registrar of the District Court held in the Hutt Valley.

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of December 2012.

HON CHESTER BORROWS, Minister for Courts.

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Acting District Court Judges Appointed

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

Stanley Arthur Thorburn, 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, for a term commencing on 3 February 2013 and expiring on 28 February 2014; and

Ian Bramwell Thomas, 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 Part 2A of the District Courts Act 1947, 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 10 February 2013 and expiring on 28 February 2014.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of December 2012.

HON CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON, Attorney-General.

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Transfer of Records of the District Court Held in Warkworth

Whereas the District Court held in Warkworth has been abolished with effect from the close of 1 March 2013:

Now therefore, I, Chester Borrows, Minister for Courts, acting pursuant to section 70(1) of the District Courts Act 1947, hereby direct that the records of the District Court held in Warkworth be delivered to the Registrar of the District Court held in North Shore.

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of December 2012.

HON CHESTER BORROWS, Minister for Courts.

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Transfer of District Court Offices

Pursuant to the District Courts Act 1947, with effect from:

1 March 2013

• the office of the Dunedin District Court will also be the office of the Balclutha District Court; and
• the office of the Timaru District Court will also be the office of the Oamaru District Court;

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• the office of the Whangarei District Court will also be the office of the Dargaville District Court;

Justices of the Peace Act 1957

Justices of the Peace (Retired)

It is noted for information that, pursuant to section 3C(2) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1957, I have authorised the following persons to have the designation Justice of the Peace ("JP") (retired):

• Kathrin Eliza Bungard, of Waihola.
• Dennis Harnett, of Kaikoura.
• Colin Heber Gordge, of Morrinsville.
• Clinton Joseph Cummings, of Gore.
• Robert George Passey, of Ashhurst.
• Huia Puhiwahine Anderson, of Hamilton.
• William Hibbard, of Lower Hutt.
• Jill Ashley, of Gore.
• Ralph Lindsay Coop, of Hamilton.
• Patsy Williams-Tarrant, of Hamilton.
• Stanley Petrie Dawson, of Hokitika.
• Stanley Lawrence Jelley, of Christchurch.
• Ernest Mathieson Clews, of Auckland.
• Neville Powell Harding, of Te Awamutu.
• Brian Henry Ford, of Richmond.
• Muriel Gladys Barkman, of Dunedin.