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The Rules Committee

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The Rules Committee

Court procedures are formulated by the judiciary (judges) and the Rules Committee, a statutory body made up of judges, lawyers, the solicitor-general, the attorney-general and the chief executive of the Ministry of Justice. This is the Rules Committee in 2011. Absent from the photo are the solicitor-general, the attorney-general and the chief executive of the Ministry of Justice.

Photograph courtesy of the Rules Committee

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Matthew Palmer, Constitution – Judicial limits on the executive, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/35890/the-rules-committee (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Matthew Palmer, published 7 May 2012.