Charles Stuart Blackie is a New Zealand judge who is currently the Chief Justice of the

Pitcairn Supreme Court The Pitcairn Supreme Court is the supreme court of the Pitcairn Islands, a British Overseas Territory. It is a superior court of record. Provisions for a supreme court were set out in amendments to the Old Constitution Order in the 1990s. The ...

and is also a judge of the

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. He is a former Commander in the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve. Blackie was born and grew up in

Putāruru Putāruru is a small town in the South Waikato District and the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It lies on the western side of the Mamaku Ranges and in the upper basin of the Waihou River. It is on the Oraka Stream 65 kilometre ...

and went to

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to study law at the age of 18. Blackie is a founding member of the Armed Forces Law Association of New Zealand and is also currently the Chief Justice of the

, having been appointed to that role in 2004. He oversaw the

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, which was widely covered by foreign media. Blackie was also appointed to the

on 18 December 1998, and is a Senior District Court Judge sitting in the Manukau District Court, Auckland. In his capacity as Chief Justice of the Pitcairn Supreme Court, Blackie attended the opening of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 16 October 2009. In the

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, Blackie was appointed a

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, for services to the judiciary and the community.

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