| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Tony Randerson | |
| Order: | Justice of the Court of Appeal |
| Term Start: | February 2010 |
| Term End: | May 2017 |
| Birth Name: | Anthony Penrose Randerson |
| Spouse: | Glenda Randerson |
| Relatives: | Richard Randerson (brother) Jo Randerson (niece) |
Anthony Penrose Randerson (born 1949) is a New Zealand retired jurist. In 1990/91, he chaired the group that considered Geoffrey Palmer's bill that became the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). In 2019/20, he chaired the group that recommended for the RMA to be abolished.
Randerson was born in 1949, the youngest of three boys.[1] His parents were Brian Randerson (1910–1987) and Ngaio (; 1911–2000). His eldest brother is bishop Richard Randerson (born 1940), former Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland.[2] His middle brother, Michael Randerson (1942–1975), was a banker but died young.
Randerson graduated from the University of Auckland in 1969 with a Bachelor of Laws. In 1972, he became a partner in the firm Wallace McLean, where he worked with and for John Wallace. From 1989, he was a barrister sole.[3]
In 1990, he chaired a review group for Simon Upton that finalised the Resource Management Act 1991.[4] Randerson was appointed to the High Court in 1997.
He was appointed New Zealand Chief High Court Judge on 16 December 2004.[5] [6] He was subsequently appointed to the Court of Appeal of New Zealand with effect from 1 February 2010,[7] and retired as the longest serving judge of that court in May 2017.[8] From July 2019, he chaired the Resource Management Review Panel on behalf of the government. The panel recommended for the RMA to be scrapped, and replaced with three acts: Natural and Built Environments Act (NBA), Spatial Planning Act (SPA), and Climate Change Adaptation Act (CAA).[9] [10]
Randerson was appointed a Queen's Counsel on 27 May 1996. In the 2021 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the judiciary.[11]