District Court Jury Trial Workload Statistics - for the 12 months ending June 30 2012

District Court	New Business	Disposals	Total Active
Auckland DC	665	641	632
Blenheim DC	48	49	43
Christchurch DC	282	249	225
Dunedin DC	125	133	82
Gisborne DC	99	94	58
Greymouth DC	36	29	21
Hamilton DC	292	285	219
Invercargill DC	83	70	56
Kaikohe DC	52	53	56
Manukau DC	334	346	355
Napier DC	138	140	84
Nelson DC	97	89	63
New Plymouth DC	74	58	53
Palmerston North DC	84	90	71
Rotorua DC	138	140	85
Tauranga DC	165	159	130
Timaru DC	42	53	25
Wanganui DC	70	76	62
Wellington DC	350	317	258
Whangarei DC	130	105	121
National Total	3,219	3,091	2,699

Source: Ministry of Justice Case Management System Operational Data Warehouse Reports run on 4 July 2012

Note:
National totals for new business and disposals exclude transfers between locations and will not equal the combined volumes of individual District Courts.

Definitions

New Business

New business includes cases committed for trial, cases where a retrial has been directed, severed cases and the difference between cases transferred into and out of the court. It excludes cases reactivated in the court due to the execution or withdrawal of a warrant to arrest.

Disposals

The sum of cases disposed, where disposal for a given case was counted at the completion of sentencing, or earlier outcome.

Disposals include cases disposed when sentencing or final outcomes are established on all jury trial charges, or when all active jury trial charges are joined into another case. Disposals are recorded in the categories of Not Proceeded with on Indictment, Discharged Section 347, Other Outcome, Found Not Guilty, Convicted and Discharged, Convicted and Sentenced and Joined.

Total Active

Active cases are those which are awaiting Jury Trial or are awaiting sentencing or final outcome, and are not On Hold.