Bill Hastings (judge)

William Kenneth Hastings (born 1957) is a Canadian-born judge who served as the tenth Chief Censor of New Zealand from October 1999 to July 2010. He was the first Chair of the Immigration and Protection Tribunal from July 2010 until February 2013, and was the Chair of the Broadcasting Standards Authority from October 2018 until August 2021. He was sworn in as a Judge of the District Court of New Zealand on 9 July 2010, and as the tenth Judge of the Court Martial of New Zealand on 20 July 2021. On 9 August 2021, Hastings was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Republic of Kiribati, a position he held until 6 December 2022. He was also President of the Kiribati Court of Appeal. He was a member of the Supreme Court of Vanuatu as well as the Court of Appeal of Vanuatu from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.