Who's Who
Chairperson
Judge David J. Carruthers - became Chairperson of the New Zealand Parole Board on 1 July 2005. He was appointed a District Court Judge, with Family Court and Youth Court warrants, in 1985. In 1995 he was made Principal Youth Court Judge. He was Chief District Court Judge from June 2001 to June 2005.
Deputy Chairperson
The Hon Marion Frater - was appointed a District Court Judge in1990. She was Chair of the Arohata Prison Board from 1999 to 2002 and from 2003 to 2007 was a Judge of the High Court. Appointed: 2007
Panel Convenors
Judge Peter Butler - was appointed a District Court Judge in 2003. Appointed: 2006Judge Russell Callander - a District Court Judge from 1981. Judge Callander. Appointed: 2002
Judge Michael Crosbie - was appointed to the District Court bench in 2001, and served as Chairperson of the Wanganui District Prison Board from 2001 to 2003. Appointed: 2003
Judge Avinash Deobhakta - became a District Court Judge in 1981 and was a former chairperson of the Waikeria District Prison Board. Appointed: 2002
Judge Carolyn Henwood – was appointed a District Court Judge in 1985. Former chairperson of the Rimutaka District Prison Board Appointed: 2006
Judge Raymond Kean – Became a District Court Judge in 1988 Appointed: 2002
Judge Bernard Kendall - was appointed as a District Court Judge in 1982. Appointed: 2003
Judge Margaret Lee - was appointed District Court Judge in 1987. Former chairperson of the Arohata District Prison Board? Appointed 2010.
Judge Barry Lovegrove - was appointed as a District Court Judge in 1995. Was Chair of Manawatu District Prison Board. Appointed: 2003
Judge Jane Lovell-Smith - Appointed District Court Judge in 1994 and chaired the Auckland District Prison Board. Appointed: 2002
Judge John Macdonald - became a District Court Judge in 1990 and formerly chaired the Canterbury District Prison Board. Appointed: 2002
Judge Sir Patrick Mahony - was appointed a District Court Judge in 1977 ? Principal Family Court Judge in April 1985. Appointed: 2006
Judge Eddie Paul - was sworn in as a District Court Judge at Auckland in 2008. Appointed 2010
Judge James Rota – was appointed a District Court Judge in 1993. Appointed: 2004
Judge David Saunders - was appointed in 1993, and served as Chair of the Invercargill District Prison Board from 1997 to 2002. Appointed: 2002
Judge Ian Thomas - was appointed a District Court Judge in December 1988,. Appointed: 2006
Judge Arthur Tompkins - became a District Court Judge in 1997. Appointed: 2004.
Judge Richard Watson - became a District Court Judge in 1990 and is the former Chair of the Taumarunui and Turangi District Prison Board. Appointed: 2002
Non-judicial Members
Associate Professor Philip Brinded – is a leading forensic psychiatrist in private practice. Appointed: 2004Dr. Susan Baragwanath - has education experience spanning four decades from early childhood to the tertiary level and founded the He Huarahi Tamariki School for teenage parents in Porirua. Appointed: 2008
Lesley Campbell – spent 24 years with the Probation Service with secondments to the Samoa and Vanuatu Probation Services. Appointed: 2010
Darlene Cullen – is a tenancy adjudicator and has been a mediator in Auckland for 17 years. Appointed: 2004
Janice Donaldson - has worked in health for many years. Appointed: 2002
Fleur Grenfell - joined the Prison Service in 1974, managed Arohata Women's Prison for 16 years, and prior to the appointment to the Board, managed Otaki Children's Health Camp. Appointed: 2002
Matt Hakiaha – was a probation officer and worked extensively in youth justice for the Department of Social Welfare, involved with the recruiting and training of restorative justice facilitators and also with social and community development and the Te Whanau O Waipareira Trust. Appointed: 2002
Glenda Hughes – A former police officer, with a degree in sociology and criminology. Appointed 2010.
Richard Lewis – a former senior probation officer in Christchurch and has had 17 years experience in the criminal justice sector in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Appointed: 2004
Bryan Mc Murray - retired from the New Zealand Prison Service in 2008. He has 37 years experience working with offenders in the criminal justice field, has managed prisons and held senior leadership and project manager roles in the Prison Service. Appointed: 2008
Lavinia Nathan - previously managed the Te Piriti Unit for offenders convicted of sexual abuse against children, and is a community magistrate. Appointed: 2002
Shannon Pakura - has been Professional Advisor for the Social Worker Registration Board and is completing a PhD, she has worked extensively in the child protection and youth justice sector, and was the former Chief Social Worker for Child Youth and Family. Appointed: 2008
Dr Jeremy Skipworth - is a forensic psychiatrist and the head of the Mason Clinict He has worked in forensic services since 1997, and was Deputy Director of Mental Health at the Ministry of Health 2003-2007. Appointed: 2008
Rhonda Pritchard - a counselor, psychotherapist, supervisor, trainer and mediator for twenty nine years. Between 2006 and 2008 she was a senior research analyst in the Ministry of Social Development. Appointed: 2008
Alan Ritchie - A barrister and solicitor until 1985, when he accepted the position of CEO and Executive Director New Zealand Law Society, Wellington. Appointed: 2008
Jim Thomson - former probation officer and service manager responsible for home detention in Christchurch, and member of the Rolleston and Christchurch District Prison Boards. Appointed: 2002
Neville Trendle – currently a part time barrister and a consultant at the Law Commission, retired from the New Zealand Police in 2001 after 38 years’ service in 2001, including 10 years as an Assistant Commissioner.
Appointed: 2008
Robin Wilson - retired in 1994 after 34 years in the Public Service, including Deputy Director-General of Social Welfare and General Manager of the New Zealand Children and Young Persons Service,. he was the Ombudsman’s South Island representative for penal issues. Appointed: 2002