High Court - civil proceeding case volumes - for the 12 months ending 30 June 2019

General proceedings    
Registry   New business Disposals Total active as at 30/6/19
Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau 533 539 641
Whangarei Whangārei-terenga-parāoa 27 35 28
Rotorua Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe 23 17 24
Tauranga Tauranga Moana 26 21 45
Hamilton Kirikiriroa 66 62 90
Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara 150 176 664
Napier Ahuriri 14 16 19
Palmerston North Te Papaioea 21 21 16
Whanganui Whanganui 4 5 7
Gisborne Tūranganui-a-Kiwa 2 1 7
New Plymouth Ngāmotu 9 15 12
Nelson Whakatū 19 15 24
Blenheim Te Waiharakeke 4 3 8
Masterton Whakaoriori 10 5 11
Christchurch Ōtautahi 164 319 545
Timaru Te Tihi-o-Maru 7 4 6
Dunedin Ōtepoti 24 16 24
Invercargill Waihōpai 21 14 33
Greymouth Māwhera 6 2 5
National total   1130 1286 2209

 

Originating applications    
Registry   New business Disposals Total active as at 30/6/19
Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau 376 368 175
Whangarei Whangārei-terenga-parāoa 20 20 9
Rotorua Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe 29 30 10
Tauranga Tauranga Moana 34 34 7
Hamilton Kirikiriroa 51 53 17
Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara 108 95 207
Napier Ahuriri 16 15 10
Palmerston North Te Papaioea 25 23 6
Whanganui Whanganui 3 3 0
Gisborne Tūranganui-a-Kiwa 8 6 3
New Plymouth Ngāmotu 11 11 2
Nelson Whakatū 12 15 2
Blenheim Te Waiharakeke 6 7 1
Masterton Whakaoriori 1 1 1
Christchurch Ōtautahi 93 91 36
Timaru Te Tihi-o-Maru 8 7 3
Dunedin Ōtepoti 22 19 7
Invercargill Waihōpai 16 19 5
Greymouth Māwhera 3 1 2
National total   842 818 503

 

Judicial reviews        
Registry   New business             Disposals Total active as at 30/6/19
Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau 70 81 53
Whangarei Whangārei-terenga-parāoa 2 5 0
Rotorua Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe 0 2 0
Tauranga Tauranga Moana 3 3 2
Hamilton Kirikiriroa 9 3 9
Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara 56 48 52
Napier Ahuriri 3 4 1
Palmerston North Te Papaioea 2 4 0
Whanganui Whanganui 1 2 0
Gisborne Tūranganui-a-Kiwa 0 0 0
New Plymouth Ngāmotu 3 1 2
Nelson Whakatū 0 2 1
Blenheim Te Waiharakeke 2 1 2
Masterton Whakaoriori 1 3 0
Christchurch Ōtautahi 8 15 6
Timaru Te Tihi-o-Maru 1 1 0
Dunedin Ōtepoti 4 5 2
Invercargill Waihōpai 2 1 3
Greymouth Māwhera 0 0 0
National total   167 181 133

 

Total civil cases        
Registry   New business            Disposals Total active as at 30/6/19
Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau 979 988 869
Whangarei Whangārei-terenga-parāoa 49 60 37
Rotorua Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe 52 49 34
Tauranga Tauranga Moana 63 58 54
Hamilton Kirikiriroa 126 118 116
Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara 314 319 923
Napier Ahuriri 33 35 30
Palmerston North Te Papaioea 48 48 22
Whanganui Whanganui 8 10 7
Gisborne Tūranganui-a-Kiwa 10 7 10
New Plymouth Ngāmotu 23 27 16
Nelson Whakatū 31 32 27
Blenheim Te Waiharakeke 12 11 11
Masterton Whakaoriori 12 9 12
Christchurch Ōtautahi 265 425 587
Timaru Te Tihi-o-Maru 16 12 9
Dunedin Ōtepoti 50 40 33
Invercargill Waihōpai 39 34 41
Greymouth Māwhera 9 3 7
National Total   2139 2285 2845

 

* - includes the 487 historic abuse cases noted in the commentary.
Note
Masterton is a filing-only registry for the High Court; proceedings filed in Masterton are generally heard in Wellington

Definitions

New business

HC civil

New business includes all general proceedings, originating applications and judicial reviews filed in the High Court.

Disposals at delivery of final judgment or earlier final outcome

HC civil

Disposals are counted at the delivery of the final judgment, or at an earlier final outcome. They are limited to general proceedings, originating applications and judicial reviews.

Total active cases - all cases awaiting substantive hearing, final judgment or earlier final outcome

HC civil

Active cases are those cases that are proceeding to or awaiting a defended hearing or are awaiting final judgment. They are limited to general proceedings, originating applications and judicial reviews.