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JANUARY <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2019</strong><br />
Helen Winkelmann next Chief Justice of New Zealand<br />
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Judge of the Court of<br />
Appeal, Justice Helen<br />
Winkelmann has been<br />
appointed Chief Justice of<br />
New Zealand and a Judge of<br />
the Supreme Court of New<br />
Zealand, Prime Minister<br />
Jacinda Ardern announced<br />
on December 17, 2018.<br />
Ms Ardern said that<br />
Justice Winkelmann will<br />
take charge on March 13,<br />
<strong>2019</strong>, on retirement of the<br />
current Chief Justice Dame<br />
Sian Elias.<br />
‘Enormous Esteem’<br />
“The consultation process<br />
highlighted the enormous<br />
esteem Justice Winkelmann<br />
is held in by the legal<br />
community. There was a<br />
high degree of consensus<br />
from all quarters for her<br />
appointment. Her Honour<br />
is recognised by her peers<br />
and the profession for<br />
her superior intellect,<br />
her judicial instinct and<br />
experience, coupled with<br />
strong leadership, qualities<br />
that I am sure will make an<br />
outstanding Chief Justice,”<br />
Ms Ardern said.<br />
About Justice Helen<br />
Winkelmann<br />
Justice Winkelmann<br />
graduated with an LLB and a<br />
BA in History from Auckland<br />
University in 1987 and began<br />
work as a law clerk with<br />
Auckland firm Nicholson<br />
Gribbin (later Phillips Fox,<br />
now DLA Piper).<br />
Justice Winkelmann<br />
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In 1988, at age 25, Justice<br />
Winkelmann became the first<br />
female partner and one of the<br />
youngest partners ever in the<br />
firm’s then 117- year history.<br />
In 2001, Justice Winkelmann<br />
left Phillips Fox to<br />
join the independent Bar,<br />
specialising in commercial<br />
litigation, insolvency and<br />
medico-legal.<br />
She was appointed a High<br />
Court Judge in 2004, Chief<br />
High Court Judge in 2009 and<br />
a Judge of the Court of Appeal<br />
in 20<strong>15</strong>.<br />
No Statutory Process<br />
While judicial appointments<br />
are made by the<br />
Governor-General on the<br />
recommendation of the<br />
Attorney-General, the Senior<br />
Courts Act provides that the<br />
Prime Minister makes the<br />
recommendation for appointment<br />
of the Chief Justice.<br />
There is no statutory<br />
process for the appointment.<br />
Consultation Rounds<br />
The Solicitor-General<br />
Una Jagose QC conducted a<br />
consultation process to inform<br />
the Prime Minister’s decision,<br />
consulting the Chief Justice<br />
Dame Sian Elias, retired senior<br />
Court judges, the New Zealand<br />
Law Society, the New Zealand<br />
Bar Association and Te Hunga<br />
Rōia Māori oAoteroa (the Māori<br />
Law Society). That consultation<br />
was to determine who was<br />
thought to meet the criteria for<br />
Chief Justice.<br />
The Solicitor-General then<br />
formed a panel comprising<br />
Dame Silvia Cartwright, retired<br />
High Court Judge and Former<br />
Governor-General and Sir<br />
Terence Arnold, retired Supreme<br />
Court judge. That Panel<br />
considered the consultation<br />
feedback.<br />
The Solicitor-General then<br />
provided advice to the Prime<br />
Minister to enable her to take a<br />
decision to make a recommendation<br />
to the Governor-General.<br />
Tribute to Dame Sian Elias<br />
In announcing this<br />
appointment, Ms Ardern paid<br />
tributes to the excellent service<br />
rendered by Dame Sian as Chief<br />
Justice.<br />
“Dame Sian has played a significant<br />
role in the development<br />
of our laws and constitution<br />
and has represented New<br />
Zealand superbly on the international<br />
stage,” she said.<br />
“For many years, Justice<br />
Winkelmann was a trustee of<br />
the Starship Foundation and<br />
Lynfield College Development<br />
Trust,” she said.<br />
Businesslink<br />
New technology boost biosecurity at Auckland Airport<br />
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The most sophisticated<br />
X-ray technology available<br />
to scrutinise the<br />
bags of international<br />
travellers for any unwanted<br />
pests was unveiled on<br />
December 18, 2018 at Auckland<br />
Airport by Biosecurity<br />
Minister Damien O’Connor.<br />
He issued the following<br />
Statement:<br />
Our dynamic biosecurity<br />
environment means we must<br />
constantly adjust our scrutiny<br />
and strengthen our border<br />
security as threats emerge.<br />
Three-dimension images<br />
The million-dollar scanner<br />
features three-dimensional<br />
imaging (real-time tomography)<br />
that will make it easier<br />
for quarantine officers to<br />
pinpoint risky items that have<br />
been difficult to detect in the<br />
past such as dried meat, goods<br />
hidden behind laptops and<br />
stink bugs.<br />
Biosecurity New Zealand<br />
is also developing software<br />
with Australian counterparts<br />
that will allow the scanner to<br />
automatically recognise risky<br />
items such as fruit that could<br />
harbour fruit fly.<br />
Sophisticated gamechanger<br />
This is a game changer<br />
for biosecurity. It is the most<br />
sophisticated piece of X-ray<br />
technology we could have in<br />
place to support our officers<br />
at Auckland Airport and provides<br />
another useful tool in<br />
our multi-layered biosecurity<br />
system, sitting alongside 50<br />
detector dog teams, arrival<br />
Call to regulate bank surcharge<br />
Aretailers’ group wants<br />
the government to<br />
regulate the amount<br />
that banks can charge for<br />
credit-card transactions.<br />
Retailers in this country<br />
are charged a surcharge<br />
of between 2% and 3% of<br />
the purchase value, when<br />
a customer uses a credit or<br />
Paywave card.<br />
Retail New Zealand’s General<br />
Manager Public Affairs Greg<br />
Harford said this is threetimes<br />
higher than what’s<br />
charged in similar overseas<br />
markets.<br />
Surcharge added<br />
He said that the surcharge is<br />
added to the price of all goods,<br />
so, those paying cash subsidise<br />
credit-card fees.<br />
“So that means that the customer<br />
who’s paying cash for their groceries<br />
is effectively subsidising the<br />
11<br />
cards, risk assessment and<br />
public awareness campaigns.<br />
The scanner will check bags<br />
before passengers pick them<br />
up and images will be sent<br />
to quarantine ahead of any<br />
searches, similar to how security<br />
X-ray screening operates<br />
at many major international<br />
airports.<br />
Ultimately, we want this<br />
technology in place across<br />
the passenger, mail and<br />
cargo pathways as traveller<br />
numbers and trade increases.<br />
It is important that we all<br />
do our bit for biosecurity as<br />
we all benefit from acountry<br />
relatively free of unwanted<br />
pests and diseases and we all<br />
suffer the consequences of an<br />
incursion.<br />
rewards programmes that<br />
are operated, air points<br />
credit cards for example,”<br />
he said.<br />
Mr Harford said that<br />
Retail New Zealand will<br />
talk to the government<br />
about possible regulatory<br />
solutions once it has<br />
conducted some more<br />
research on the issue.<br />
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