High Court Civil Proceeding Waiting Time for Scheduled Hearing by Courts - as at 30 June 2015

 

High Court Cases with scheduled hearing Average days Median days
Auckland 131 278 263
Blenheim 0 . .
Christchurch 70 276 282
Dunedin 3 232 273
Gisborne 0 . .
Greymouth 0 . .
Hamilton 9 290 283
Invercargill 4 279 346
Masterton 1 306 306
Napier 0 . .
Nelson 4 692 633
New Plymouth 0 . .
Palmerston North 0 . .
Rotorua 1 398 398
Tauranga 6 219 253
Timaru 2 161 161
Whanganui 1 371 371
Wellington 16 261 242
Whangarei 6 244 241
National total 254 281 273

Definitions

Waiting time - in days (including weekends), only available for a court where at least one case was scheduled for a future substantive hearing.

HC civil

Waiting time has been defined as the time between the date on which the case is ready for hearing  and its future defended hearing date.

Waiting times information is limited to active High Court general proceeding cases.

Notes:

Substantive hearing: refer to jury trial/defended hearing for criminal jurisdiction, short/simplified/full trial/substantive hearing for civil jurisdiction, short/long cause hearing for family jurisdiction in general.