High Court - criminal trials - waiting time for scheduled hearings as at 31 December 2021
| Registry | Cases with Scheduled Hearing | Average Days | Median Days | |
| Auckland | Tāmaki Makaurau | 46 | 559 | 498 |
| Whangarei | Whangārei-terenga-parāoa | 5 | 547 | 475 |
| Rotorua | Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe | 14 | 448 | 504 |
| Hamilton | Kirikiriroa | 14 | 435 | 437 |
| Wellington | Te Whanganui-a-Tara | 5 | 308 | 278 |
| Napier | Ahuriri | 3 | 276 | 286 |
| Palmerston North | Te Papaioea | 1 | 363 | 363 |
| Whanganui | Whanganui | 4 | 646 | 668 |
| Gisborne | Tūranganui-a-Kiwa | . | . | . |
| New Plymouth | Ngāmotu | 1 | 280 | 280 |
| Nelson | Whakatū | 1 | 518 | 518 |
| Blenheim | Te Waiharakeke | 1 | 238 | 238 |
| Christchurch | Ōtautahi | 16 | 622 | 526 |
| Timaru | Te Tihi-o-Maru | 3 | 747 | 483 |
| Dunedin | Ōtepoti | 1 | 579 | 579 |
| Invercargill | Waihōpai | 1 | 503 | 503 |
| Greymouth | Māwhera | . | . | . |
| National Total | 116 | 521 | 487 |
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.