Craig Coxhead

Craig Coxhead is a New Zealand judge who is currently serving as Chief Justice of the High Court of Niue.

Coxhead graduated from the University of Waikato in 1994 with a Bachelor of Laws. He worked in private practice before becoming a lecturer at the University of Waikato Law School. He served as president of Te Huinga Roia Māori o Aotearoa – the New Zealand Māori Law Society.

Coxhead was appointed to the Māori Land Court on 25 January 2008. In 2011 he was appointed as a judge of the High Court of Niue, and in 2016 as a Justice of the High Court of the Cook Islands. He was appointed Chief Justice of Niue on 22 November 2018, replacing Patrick Savage.