Former New Zealand solicitor-general Sir Terence Arnold was sworn in as one of two new Supreme Court judges by President Wiliame Katonivere.
He took his oath with former New Zealand deputy solicitor-general Dame Lowell Patricia Goddard in the presence of Attorney-General Siromi Turaga, Acting Chief Justice Salesi Temo, Chief Registrar Tomasi Bainivalu and Solicitor-General Ropate Green.
Before their appointments, both Sir Arnold and Dame Goddard appeared for the Crown on numerous important cases.
Sir Arnold was appointed to the Court of Appeal in 2006 and Supreme Court in 2013.
He was knighted in 2016 and retired as permanent judge of the Supreme Court in April 2016, but continued as an acting judge until 2022, only when his services were required.
He graduated with Bachelors in Law from Victoria University and New York University and was also awarded an Honorary Doctor of Law degree by Victoria University TeHerenga Waka in May 2018.
Ms Goddard was admitted as barrister and solicitor in 1975 and in 1988 she was appointed as Queen’s Counsel.
She served as deputy solicitor-general for New Zealand from 1995 to 2015 and has worked in a variety of legal fields over the course of her legal career.
Ms Goddard was a litigator in civil and criminal cases, as a Crown prosecutor, as a law officer, as a judge of the High Court and member of divisions of the Court of Appeal, conducting public enquiries, chairing an independent crown entity and serving as an independent expert for a United Nations high rights agency.
