Supreme Court case information
Listed below are the substantive Supreme Court cases for the year along with appeals still to be determined or cases awaiting hearing.
Information giving an overview of the case is included along with media releases and links to judgments being appealed when available.
All 2024 - 2014 Supreme Court cases dismissed or deemed to be dismissed where a notice of abandonment was received can be found here.
Transcripts for cases heard before the Supreme Court are included provided they are not suppressed. Transcripts from pre-trial hearings are not published until the final disposition of trial. These are unedited transcripts and they are not a formal record of the Court’s proceedings. The Ministry of Justice does not accept responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any material and recommends that users exercise their own skill and care with respect to its use.
28 November 2025
Case information summary 2025 (as at 28 November 2025) – Cases where leave granted (PDF, 87 KB)
Case information summary 2025 (as at 28 November 2025) – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 120 KB)
All years
20 September 2024
B The application for a stay of all proceedings relating to other matters in the District Court is dismissed.
28 August 2024
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The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 28 August 2024 (Clark v New Zealand Police [2024] NZSC 106) is dismissed.
2 October 2024
Criminal Appeal
A Leave to appeal is granted (Tamihere v R [2024] NZCA 300).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct not to exercise its jurisdiction under s 406(1)(a) of the Crimes Act 1961 to quash Mr Tamihere’s convictions.
20 December 2024
- Hearing date 18 - 20 August 2025 Appellant Submissions (PDF, 412 KB)
- Hearing date 18 - 20 August 2025 Respondent Submissions (PDF, 541 KB)
- Hearing date 18 - 20 August 2025 Case Synopsis (PDF, 471 KB)
- SC 82/2024 David Wayne Tamihere v The King (Recorded, 20 August 2025)
- SC 82/2024 David Wayne Tamihere v The King (Recorded, 19 August 2025)
- SC 82/2024 David Wayne Tamihere v The King (Recorded, 18 August 2025)
B The applicants must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
6 November 2024
14 November 2024
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
23 October 2024
B The application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
C The applicant must pay the respondents one set of costs of $2,500.
8 October 2024
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A The application for recall of this Court’s judgment of 8 October 2024 (Nicolson v Lowther [2024] NZSC 135) is dismissed.
B There is no order as to costs.
6 December 2024
B The applicant must pay the respondents one set of costs of $2,500.
20 December 2024
B The applicant must pay the respondent costs of $2,500.
1 November 2024
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The application for review of the decision of the Registrar declining to waive the filing fee is dismissed.
15 November 2024