Nau mai haere mai Ngā Kōti o Aotearoa Courts of New Zealand
The 10th of March is the International Day of Women Judges.
In 1975, the first woman judge in New Zealand was appointed to the District Court – Dame Augusta Wallace. Women were not appointed to the High Court until 1987 with the appointment of Anne Gambrill as a Master of the High Court, and 1993 when Dame Silvia Cartwright was made a High Court Judge. Today 50% of Aotearoa New Zealand’s judiciary are women.
