Media contact centre
If you are looking for information about specific court proceedings, or wanting to apply for access to court documents, you must contact the appropriate court registry.
If you have media questions about the Ministry of Justice, policy, specialist courts and tribunals, fines, reparation these need to be directed to Ministry of Justice communications contacts.
Ministry of Justice Media centre
Antony Paltridge
Team Leader Media and External Relations
Phone: 04 918 8980
Mobile: 027 689 0667
Matt Torbit
Senior Media Advisor
Phone: 04 918 8836
Mobile: 021 636 416
Judicial Office for Senior Courts
If you have general media questions about the work of the judges of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and the High Court :
- email Judicial Office for Senior Courts
- phone Judicial Office for Senior Courts : (04) 9143633
- or Cate Brett - Chief Advisor Judicial Development and Communications
- Phone: (04) 466 3437
- Cellphone: 021 557 874
- Email: Cate Brett
If you have media questions about the work of the judges of the District Court
- email media District Court
or contact Marie McNicholas - Strategic Communications Advisor
- Phone: (04) 466 1323
- Cellphone : 027 882 2225
- Email: Marie McNicholas
OTHER USEFUL Justice related links
- Ministry of Justice ( external link)
- Police (crime prevention, crime investigation, prosecution)
- Serious Fraud Office (investigating serious fraud)
- Crown Law Office (prosecuting serious crimes and undertaking appeals on behalf of the Crown)
- Corrections (external link) (implementing sentences imposed by the courts and running prisons)
- Child, Youth and Family (addressing youth offending)
- Parole Board (setting conditions of release for people completing prison sentences)
- Law Society
- Law Commission
