Those judicial spending cuts in full

Newsroom reports that the courts will be included in the request to find 6.5% in costs savings. But what will those cuts look like in practice?

1. Senior court judiciary to spell judges names with lower case j to save on printing fees.
2. Leaks from ceiling at Auckland and Tauranga courthouses to be repurposed as water features.
3. Supreme Court to be replaced with Privy Council. Court of Appeal to be replaced with Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
4. Recruit new judges aged 65 or older to take advantage of Super Gold card discounts when on circuit.
5. Reduce hot water usage by asking Judge Callinicos to retire.
6. The insurance for the Supreme Court’s Toyota Previa to be changed to third-party only.
7. Judicial salaries to be paid in Zimbabwean dollars.
8. Chief Justice’s ex officio role as Administrator of Government to now include part-time admin for government.
9. Redirect 0800 COURTS to the Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of New Zealand.
10. Man on Clapham Omnibus to walk to work.