Of Tainui descent, the judge has more than two decades of legal experience
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Crown prosecutor Tini Clark has been appointed as a District Court judge with a jury warrant.
The new judge, who has more than two decades of legal experience, will be sworn in on 10 August in Taukau, Attorney-General David Parker announced. She will be based in Manukau.
The judge was admitted to the bar in 1994 after graduating from Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato. She is of Tanui descent – Ngāti Tīpa, Ngāti Tahinga, and Ngāti Āmaru.
Since 2004, she has been a Crown prosecutor with Almao Douch in Hamilton. She has prosecuted numerous jury trials in the District Court and High Court.
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