High Court - criminal trials - waiting time for scheduled hearings as at 31 December 2023
| Registry | Cases with Scheduled Hearing | Average Days | Median Days | |
| Auckland | Tāmaki Makaurau | 48 | 503 | 440 |
| Whangarei | Whangārei-terenga-parāoa | 10 | 651 | 541 |
| Rotorua | Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe | 13 | 549 | 491 |
| Hamilton | Kirikiriroa | 10 | 594 | 469 |
| Wellington | Te Whanganui-a-Tara | 8 | 538 | 442 |
| Napier | Ahuriri | 2 | 517 | 517 |
| Palmerston North | Te Papaioea | 2 | 568 | 568 |
| Whanganui | Whanganui | . | . | . |
| Gisborne | Tūranganui-a-Kiwa | 1 | 314 | 314 |
| New Plymouth | Ngāmotu | 4 | 476 | 471 |
| Nelson | Whakatū | 2 | 487 | 487 |
| Blenheim | Te Waiharakeke | 1 | 498 | 498 |
| Christchurch | Ōtautahi | 11 | 797 | 747 |
| Timaru | Te Tihi-o-Maru | 1 | 319 | 319 |
| Dunedin | Ōtepoti | 1 | 470 | 470 |
| Invercargill | Waihōpai | 3 | 312 | 336 |
| Greymouth | Māwhera | . | . | . |
| National Total | 117 | 550 | 491 |
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.