High Court - criminal trials held - for the 12 months ending 31 December 2022

Registry   Trials Held
Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau 24
Whangarei Whangārei-terenga-parāoa 3
Rotorua Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe                 5
Hamilton Kirikiriroa 5
Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara 7
Napier Ahuriri 2
Palmerston North                  Te Papaioea 1
Whanganui Whanganui 2
Gisborne Tūranganui-a-Kiwa 1
New Plymouth Ngāmotu 1
Nelson Whakatū 0
Blenheim Te Waiharakeke 0
Christchurch Ōtautahi 6
Timaru Te Tihi-o-Maru 1
Dunedin Ōtepoti 1
Invercargill Waihōpai 2
Greymouth Māwhera 0
National Total   61

Definitions

Criminal trials held

Trials ‘held’ include cases where the jury (or a judge alone) delivered a verdict on all charges; cases where the jury was unable to agree on one or more charges; cases where a mistrial was declared; and cases determined by guilty plea and/or dismissal either on the morning the trial was scheduled to begin or during the trial before verdict.