District Court Defended Civil Case Volumes

Defended Civil
For the 12 months ending 31 December 2015
Defended Civil Cases New Business Disposals Total Active as at 31 December 2015
Alexandra DC 2 2 1
Ashburton DC 4 2 3
Auckland DC 150 171 134
Blenheim DC 4 7 2
Chatham Islands DC 0 0 0
Christchurch DC 83 83 56
Dannevirke DC 1 2 0
Dargaville DC 3 3 1
Dunedin DC 14 19 13
Gisborne DC 4 3 4
Gore DC 5 2 1
Greymouth DC 5 5 2
Hamilton DC 42 36 25
Hastings DC 6 10 6
Hawera DC 7 7 3
Huntly DC 2 1 1
Hutt Valley DC 24 25 17
Invercargill DC 16 18 13
Kaikohe DC 6 7 2
Kaikoura DC 0 0 0
Kaitaia DC 1 2 1
Levin DC 3 6 3
Manukau DC 28 42 24
Marton DC 1 1 3
Masterton DC 4 3 4
Morrinsville DC 3 4 1
Napier DC 16 10 13
Nelson DC 15 13 12
New Plymouth DC 13 17 5
North Shore DC 53 74 47
Oamaru DC 3 1 2
Opotiki DC 1 0 1
Palmerston North DC 8 11 6
Papakura DC 7 9 5
Porirua DC 6 7 4
Pukekohe DC 14 9 9
Queenstown DC 13 7 12
Rotorua DC 4 10 1
Ruatoria DC 0 0 0
Taihape DC 4 3 1
Taumarunui DC 1 3 0
Taupo DC 4 6 2
Tauranga DC 30 29 17
Te Awamutu DC 2 3 0
Te Kuiti DC 0 0 2
Thames DC 6 6 2
Timaru DC 11 9 3
Tokoroa DC 1 0 1
Waihi DC 3 0 3
Waipukurau DC 1 2 0
Wairoa DC 0 0 0
Waitakere DC 31 29 26
Wanganui DC 5 9 1
Wellington DC 39 34 29
Westport DC 1 2 1
Whakatane DC 5 3 4
Whangarei DC 24 45 15
National Total 739 812 544

 

Definitions


Defended New Business

Civil new business includes cases where a defence has been filed, cases where a rehearing has been directed and cases transferred into the court.

Defended Disposals

Disposals include cases with final judgment or final outcome determined by the Court.

Defended Total Active

Active civil cases are those which are awaiting substantive hearing or are awaiting final judgment.

Notes:

New Business for an individual court is the sum of newly defended cases during the reporting period and defended cases which have been transferred into that court.