Family Court Application Workload Statistics - for the 12 months ending 30 June 2014

Family applications New business Disposals

Total active as at

30 Jun 2014

Alexandra DC 109 104 34
Ashburton DC 289 306 111
Auckland DC 4,592 4,892 2,427
Balclutha DC 37 26 -
Blenheim DC 533 553 147
Chatham Islands DC - - -
Christchurch DC 5,865 5,677 2,257
Dannevirke DC 128 142 40
Dargaville DC 166 146 140
Dunedin DC 1,969 1,893 515
Gisborne DC 781 760 321
Gore DC 183 184 52
Greymouth DC 271 280 95
Hamilton DC 3,361 2,999 1,543
Hastings DC 1,148 1,163 382
Hawera DC 357 338 189
Huntly DC 180 196 75
Hutt Valley DC 1,706 1,906 783
Invercargill DC 1,231 1,158 394
Kaikohe DC 481 545 375
Kaikoura DC - - -
Kaitaia DC 352 358 243
Levin DC 722 689 265
Manukau DC 4,937 4,526 2,655
Marton DC 82 78 35
Masterton DC 753 697 374
Morrinsville DC 367 334 187
Napier DC 1,124 1,057 513
Nelson DC 1,249 1,260 348
New Plymouth DC 1,305 1,225 594
North Shore DC 2,674 2,533 1,392
Oamaru DC 168 178 37
Opotiki DC 111 106 37
Palmerston North DC 1,989 1,849 733
Papakura DC 719 643 542
Porirua DC 1,423 1,386 576
Pukekohe DC 670 606 413
Queenstown DC 167 133 70
Rangiora DC 296 225 -
Rotorua DC 1,602 1,558 515
Ruatoria DC - - -
Taihape DC 61 61 14
Taumarunui DC 201 156 76
Taupo DC 520 517 259
Tauranga DC 2,426 2,339 847
Te Awamutu DC 269 229 145
Te Kuiti DC 124 108 53
Thames DC 309 306 182
Timaru DC 752 728 236
Tokoroa DC 375 386 125
Waihi DC 250 199 169
Waipukurau DC 100 113 37
Wairoa DC 121 88 75
Waitakere DC 3,040 2,940 1,505
Whanganui DC 1,234 1,138 422
Wellington DC 5,832 5,266 974
Westport DC 79 70 35
Whakatane DC 664 682 224
Whangarei DC 1,939 2,122 1,085
National Total 62,614 60,190 25,872

 

Definitions

Family Court new business

New business includes applications filed and the difference between applications transferred into and out of the court.

Family Court disposals

Disposals include applications with final judgment or final outcome determined by the Court. 

Family Court total active

Active family applications are those which are awaiting substantive hearing or are awaiting final judgment.

Notes:

New business for an individual court is the sum of newly filed applications during the reporting period and applications which have been transferred into that court.
At a Total District Courts level new business only includes newly filed applications. As transfers occur between courts, including them in an overall total would mean these applications are counted more than once. For this reason the Total District Courts volume does not equal the sum of the individual District Courts.

Disposals for an individual court is the sum of total applications during the reporting period and total applications which have been transferred out of that court. As transfers occur between courts, including them in an overall total would mean these applications are counted more than once. For this reason the Total District Courts volume does not equal the sum of the individual District Courts.