Judge Robert Ronayne was admitted to the bar in 1978 and worked as a crown solicitor before becoming a district court judge in 2013. Auckland District Court Judge Robert Ronayne has been found dead at his Remuera home. Chief District Court Judge, Judge Heemi Taumaunu, said Judge Ronayne had given outstanding and excellent service to the law and to the public for over 40 years as a barrister and solicitor, and then in more recent times as a District Court Judge. "Judge Ronayne was a senior trial judge at the Auckland District Court which had been his home court since his appointment to the bench seven years ago," Chief Judge Taumaunu said. Over the past seven years Judge Ronayne presided over numerous jury trials and judge-alone trials at Auckland District Court.

Source: Stuff January 08, 2020 05:26 UTC