High Court civil proceedings waiting time for scheduled hearing by courts - as at 30 June 2016

Hearing by courts - as at 30 June 2016

High Court Cases with scheduled hearing Average days Median days
Auckland 144 304 298
Blenheim 1 28 28
Christchurch 66 303 301
Dunedin 5 359 321
Gisborne 0 . .
Greymouth 1 216 216
Hamilton 7 360 372
Invercargill 2 398 398
Masterton 2 290 290
Napier 0 . .
Nelson 1 1715 1715
New Plymouth 3 296 314
Palmerston North 4 147 115
Rotorua 2 250 250
Tauranga 4 296 320
Timaru 3 244 252
Whanganui 0 . .
Wellington 24 275 243
Whangarei 5 302 313
National Total 274 305 299

Definitions

Waiting time - in days (including weekends), only available for a court where at least one case was scheduled for a future defended hearing date.

HC civil

Waiting time has been defined as the time between the date on which the case is ready for hearing and its future defended hearing date.

Waiting times information is limited to active High Court general proceeding cases.

Notes:

Substantive hearing: refer to jury trial/defended hearing for criminal jurisdiction, short/simplified/full trial/substantive hearing for civil jurisdiction, short / long cause hearing for family jurisdiction in general.