HELLO NEW SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND

Prince William of Wales has opened the new building of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

It certainly looks slightly more modern than our own Supreme Court.

The SC of NZ actually opened for business on 1st July 2004 (Prince W is only opening a new building and not a new court) when it replaced the Privy Council as NZ's final court of appeal.  Like our own novice SC of UK, NZ's SC is one of those few Supreme Courts which can't actually do anything useful like strike down legislation.