Sir Peter Blanchard KNZM PC (born 2 August 1942) is a former judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
[2][3] His father served as a flying officer with the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War II, and died during air operations over Germany on 26 May 1943.
He specialized in commercial, insolvency and property law as a partner at the Auckland law firms of Grierson Jackson & Partners (1968–1983) and Simpson Grierson (1983 to 1992).
In the 2005 New Year Honours, Blanchard was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the judiciary,[12] and in 2009 he accepted redesignation as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit following the reintroduction of titular honours by the government.
On 4 August 2021 he was appointed as an acting judge of the Supreme Court of Samoa for a term of two years.