High Court - criminal trials - waiting time for scheduled hearings as at 31 December 2022

Registry		Cases with Scheduled Hearing	Average Days	Median days
Auckland	Tāmaki Makaurau	55	584	526
Whangarei	Whangārei-terenga-parāoa	6	650	618
Rotorua	Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe	12	522	538
Hamilton	Kirikiriroa	11	507	448
Wellington	Te Whanganui-a-Tara	5	550	459
Napier	Ahuriri	3	364	333
Palmerston North	Te Papaioea	4	325	365
Whanganui	Whanganui	2	454	454
Gisborne	Tūranganui-a-Kiwa	4	303	310
New Plymouth	Ngāmotu	3	224	228
Nelson	Whakatū	1	419	419
Blenheim	Te Waiharakeke	.	.	.
Christchurch	Ōtautahi	12	758	750
Timaru	Te Tihi-o-Maru	2	528	528
Dunedin	Ōtepoti	1	581	581
Invercargill	Waihōpai	2	455	455
Greymouth	Māwhera	.	.	.
National Total		123	552	517

Definitions

Waiting time - in days (including weekends) is only calculated for a registry when at least one trial is scheduled with a future trial date.

HC criminal trials

For pre-CPA jury trial cases that have a scheduled trial date, waiting time is defined as the time from committal for trial to the future scheduled trial date.

For CPA jury trial or judge-alone trial cases that have a scheduled trial date, waiting time is defined as the time from entry of trial stage to the future scheduled trial date.

Waiting time figures exclude retrial cases.