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Kōrero: Judicial system

Chief Justice Sian Elias

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Chief Justice Sian Elias

The chief justice heads the judiciary and presides over the Supreme Court. In 2011 Sian Elias was New Zealand's chief justice. She is pictured at the High Court in Whangārei in 2009.

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Philip A. Joseph rāua ko Thomas Joseph, Judicial system – Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/33940/chief-justice-sian-elias (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Philip A. Joseph rāua ko Thomas Joseph, i tāngia i te 25 May 2012, updated 11 October 2016.