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Ida Malosi
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Her Honour Judge Ida Malosi
Principal Youth Court Judge
Judge Malosi graduated from Victoria University of Wellington in 1989 and spent her legal career in South Auckland. She was a founding partner of the all-Māori and Pasifika women law firm King Alofivae Malosi specialising in family law and youth justice. Six lawyers in total from that firm are now judges of the District Court.
In 2002, she became New Zealand’s first female Pasifika Judge when she was appointed to the Family Court at Manukau. Throughout her judicial career she has sat primarily in the Family and Youth Courts in South Auckland.
In 2013 Judge Malosi served as Sāmoa’s first Sāmoan female Supreme Court Judge and during her secondment there helped establish the Family Court and the Family Violence Court. Upon her return to New Zealand she was then Executive Judge of the Manukau Court before being appointed as National Executive Judge based in Wellington in 2021. She took up the role of Principal Youth Court Judge in November 2022.
Judge Malosi graduated from Victoria University of Wellington in 1989 and spent her legal career in South Auckland. She was a founding partner of the all-Māori and Pasifika women law firm King Alofivae Malosi specialising in family law and youth justice. Six lawyers in total from that firm are now judges of the District Court.
In 2002, she became New Zealand’s first female Pasifika Judge when she was appointed to the Family Court at Manukau. Throughout her judicial career she has sat primarily in the Family and Youth Courts in South Auckland.
In 2013 Judge Malosi served as Sāmoa’s first Sāmoan female Supreme Court Judge and during her secondment there helped establish the Family Court and the Family Violence Court. Upon her return to New Zealand she was then Executive Judge of the Manukau Court before being appointed as National Executive Judge based in Wellington in 2021. She took up the role of Principal Youth Court Judge in November 2022.
