Judge Paul Barber, QSO, Wellington
For services to the State. Judge Paul Barber was appointed a District Court Judge in 1981. He retired from the bench in 1997. During this period he worked as the Taxation Review Authority and held the position of Pharmacy Appeal Authority from 1985. Since 1997 he has held both Taxation Review Authority and Customs Appeal Authority positions. He has been hearing Accident Compensation Appeals since 1997. He was the Shop Trading Hours Commissioner from 1979 to 1983 and a Judge of the Arbitration Court in 1986. Judge Barber was recently appointed Chair of the Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal.