Colourful District Court judge Tony Adeane has died in Napier after a period of illness.
The 72-year-old was born and bred in Gisborne and became a partner at Chrisp and Chrisp before being appointed to the bench in 1993.
Judge Adeane was based in Hawke’s Bay but also regularly presided in district courts in Gisborne, Wairoa and Ruatōria until Gisborne got its own resident judges.
He p...
