Protocols: What courts are doing during the COVID - 19 Protection Framework
Current protocols
recent update: 21 June 2022 Updated Supreme Court Protocol
Supreme Court
Court of Appeal
High Court
Senior Courts Remote Hearings Protocol
High Court Protocol: Persons in Isolation and Quarantine
High Court and District Court Jury Trial Bubble Guidelines applicable from 26 April 2022
Protocol concerning High Court and District Court Jury Trials applicable from 26 April 2022
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
All benches : Archived cross-level boundary travel (2nd edition - Traffic Light System)
Links on current protocol pages contain information issued by each court about how they operated under previous COVID-19 alert levels.