Protocols: What courts are doing during COVID-19 alert levels
Updated: 19 October 2020 (Court of Appeal COVID-19 Alert Level 1 and Alert Level 2 Protocol)
Current protocols
The links below contain information issued by each court about how they are operating under COVID-19 Alert Level 1.
Supreme Court
Court of Appeal
Supreme Court and Court of Appeal Remote Hearings Protocol
High Court
High Court Protocol: Persons in Isolation and Quarantine
High Court Remote Hearings Protocol
District Court
(including Family Court and Youth Court)
District Court Protocol: Persons in Isolation and Quarantine
Family Court Protocol: Adoption of New Zealand Surrogate Babies Born Overseas
Employment Court
Māori Land Court
Waitangi Tribunal
Environment Court
Coroners Court
Court Martial and Summary Appeal Court
Past protocols
The links below contain information issued by each court about how they operated under previous COVID-19 alert levels.
Alert Level 3 (Auckland only)
Effective 12:00 pm 12 August 2020 to 11:59 pm 30 August 2020
Alert Level 1
Effective 10 June 2020 to 12:00 pm 12 August 2020
Alert Level 2
Effective 11:59 pm 17 May 2020 to 10 June 2020
Alert Level 3
Effective 11:59 pm 27 April 2020 to 11:59 pm 17 May 2020
Alert Level 4
Effective 11:59 pm 25 March 2020 to 11:59 pm 27 April 2020