High Court - criminal trials - waiting time for scheduled hearing as at 30 June 2019

 

Registry

Cases with
scheduled hearing

Average days

Median days

Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau 41 436 397
Whangarei Whangārei-terenga-parāoa 8 465 460
Rotorua Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe 14 386 313
Hamilton Kirikiriroa 9 361 334
Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara 5 278 279
Napier Ahuriri 4 339 340
Palmerston North Te Papaioea 2 710 710
Whanganui Whanganui 4 307 295
Gisborne Tūranganui-a-Kiwa 0 . .
New Plymouth Ngāmotu 1 319 319
Nelson Whakatū 3 358 396
Blenheim Te Waiharakeke 1 327 327
Christchurch Ōtautahi 11 558 476
Timaru Te Tihi-o-Maru 1 489 489
Dunedin Ōtepoti 2 605 605
Invercargill Waihōpai 1 392 392
Greymouth Māwhera 1 298 298
National total   108 425 383

Definitions

Waiting time - in days (including weekends) is only calculated for a registry when at least one trial was scheduled for a future substantive hearing.

HC criminal trials

For pre-CPA jury trial cases that have a scheduled trial, waiting time is defined as the time from committal for trial to the future scheduled trial date.
For CPA jury trial or judge-alone trial cases that have a scheduled trial, waiting time is defined as the time from entry of trial stage to the future scheduled trial date.

Waiting time figures exclude retrial cases.