predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place appointer birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name nominator
george arney robert stout 27 february 1921 london , uk wellington , new zealand lord normanby 10 december 1826 3rd chief justice of new zealand 1 april 1875 mary jane hall jamesprendergast.jpg james prendergast -lrb- judge -rrb-
 25 may 1899 sir james prendergast daniel pollen
james prendergast -lrb- judge -rrb-

sir james prendergast , gcmg -lrb- 10 december 1826 -- 27 february 1921 -rrb- was the third chief justice of new zealand .
prendergast was the first chief justice to be appointed on the advice of a responsible new zealand government , but is chiefly noted for his far-reaching decision in `` wi parata v the bishop of wellington '' in which he described the treaty of waitangi as `` a simple nullity '' .
