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.
19 June 2026
Case information summary (as at 19 June 2026) – Cases where leave granted (PDF, 89 KB)
Case information summary (as at 19 June 2026) – Cases where leave to appeal decision not yet made (PDF, 126 KB)
All years
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
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A The application to adduce further evidence is dismissed.
B The appeal is allowed.
C We exercise the Court’s jurisdiction under s 406(1)(a) of the Crimes Act 1961 to quash Mr Tamihere’s convictions. We make an order directing a retrial.
D Order redacting paragraphs [49]–[61], [79]–[120], [147]– [161], [163]–[164] and [167]–[170] from the judgment delivered on 31 March 2026.
E Order prohibiting publication of the unredacted version of the judgment pending final disposition of retrial.
31 March 2026
- Hearing date 18 - 20 August 2025 Case Synopsis (PDF, 471 KB)
- MR [2026] NZSC 22 (PDF, 285 KB)
B The applicant must pay the respondents one set of costs of $2,500.
20 December 2024
8 April 2025
Civil Appeal
A Kea Investments Ltd’s application for leave to appeal is granted (Wikeley v Kea Investments Ltd [2024] NZCA 609, [2024] 3 NZLR 901).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was correct to discharge the permanent anti-suit and anti-enforcement injunctions awarded to Kea Investments Ltd in the High Court.
C Counsel to assist the Court will be appointed by the Registrar.
D The applications to adduce further evidence are dismissed.
E The application to extend the stay in Wikeley v Kea Investments Ltd [2024] NZCA 686, (2024) 26 PRNZ 667 is granted pending determination of the appeal.
4 July 2025
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A The application for adjournment is dismissed.
B Costs are reserved.
30 September 2025
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A The appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeal in Wikeley v Kea Investments Ltd [2024] NZCA 609, [2024] 3 NZLR 901 is allowed.
B The orders made by the High Court in Kea Investments Ltd v Wikeley Family Trustee Ltd (in interim liq) [2023] NZHC 3260 at [156(a)(i) - (iv)], and in Kea Investments Ltd v Wikeley Family Trustee Ltd (in interim liq) [2023] NZHC 3532 at [7], are reinstated.
C Costs are reserved.
10 November 2025
- Hearing date 5 - 6 November 2024 Transcript (PDF, 671 KB)
- Hearing date 5 - 6 November 2025 Case Synopsis (PDF, 451 KB)
- SC 127/2024 Kea Investments v David Wikely (Recorded, 6 November 2025)
- SC 127/2024 Kea Investments v David Wikely (Recorded, 5 November 2025)
B There is no order as to costs.
1 April 2025
Civil Appeal - Application for leave to bring an appeal
A The applications to adduce further evidence are dismissed.
B Mr Wikeley’s application for leave to appeal is dismissed.
C The applicant must pay the respondents one set of costs of $2,500.
4 July 2025
B The application for an extension of time to apply for leave to appeal against the Court of Appeal’s substantive judgment (Rae v Commissioner of Police [2023] NZCA 4) is granted.
C Leave to appeal is granted.
D The appeal is dismissed.
E There is no order as to costs.
30 November 2023
- Hearing date 12 October 2023 Applicant submissions (PDF, 1 MB)
- Hearing date 12 October 2023 Respondent submissions (PDF, 554 KB)
- Hearing date 12 October 2023 Counsel to Assist Submissions (PDF, 238 KB)
- Hearing date 12 October 2023 Trans 15 (PDF, 357 KB)
- Hearing date 12 October 2023 Case Synopsis (PDF, 469 KB)
- MR [2023] NZSC 156 (PDF, 325 KB)
- SC 33/2023 David Charles Rae v Commissioner of New Zealand Police (Recorded, 12 October 2023)
B The applicants must pay the first respondent one set of costs of $2,500.
5 July 2023
B The applicant must pay the respondents costs of $2,500.
10 August 2023
B The applicant must pay the respondents one set of costs of $5,000.
6 August 2024
- Hearing date 25 July 2024 SC 104/2023 (PDF, 170 KB)