Tauranga barrister Dean Blair has been appointed a District Court judge in the Family Court today.
Attorney-General David Parker announced Judge Blair would be based in Hamilton.
He was admitted to the bar in Nelson 1989 and worked there in firms and as a barrister and solicitor on his own account.
He has practised in Tauranga since 2003.
Dean Blair's work has covered a range of civil and criminal matters in both the District Court and High Court, and employment law hearings and representation.
