New JPs (from left) Doreen Cleave, Patricia McKeown, North Otago Justices of the Peace president Anne Hore and new JP Peter Bond are now all part of the New Zealand justice machine. Photo by David de Lorean.
Peter Bond, Patricia McKeown and Doreen Cleave were sworn in by Judge Joanne Maze during a court sitting at the Oamaru Opera House on Wednesday.
Judge Maze said there was a ''great deal of responsibility'' in being a justice of the peace, a role which was important to the community and to the justice system.
''Together, we are a significant part of the engine room of New Zealand.''
North Otago Justices of the Peace president Anne Hore said the new JPs had gone through a long process before appointment.
- David de Lorean
