Shadow attorney-general Chris Finlayson expects the National Party to be consulted over who should be the next chief justice, although that has not been outlined in Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s process for picking the head of the judiciary.
Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias will retire on
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