Judge facing conduct panel over claims she called Peters liar

A District Court Judge has faced a Judicial Conduct Panel for the first time today, after being accused of disrupting a New Zealand First function at Auckland's exclusive Northern Club. Judge Ema Aitken is before a panel in Auckland, over claims she called party leader Winston Peters a liar, during an event in 2024. Special Counsel today presented the allegations to a panel made up of a former Governor-General, a retired Court of Appeal Judge, and a sitting Court of Appeal Judge. Finn Blackwell was there.