Former politician John Banks has been reinstated as a Justice of the Peace after the quashing of his conviction for filing a false electoral return.
"This is just another step in putting a lot of wrongs right after a long, time-wasting and particularly nasty judicial jihad that should have never happened," the 69-year-old said.
Banks, a former National cabinet minister, Act leader and Auckland City mayor, said there was still some washing up to be done after the Court of Appeal quashed his conviction last year.
He is planning to go to the High Court to recover $190,000 in costs at the High Court trial where he was found guilty of filing a false electoral return in respect of donations from Kim Dotcom and SkyCity during a mayoral bid at the first Super City elections in 2010.
Since the High Court trial, the Court of Appeal quashed the conviction based on new evidence.