0800 COURTS closes at 3:00pm 24 December 2025, for urgent matters (relating to family matter or bail conditions), please call 0800 253 425. 0800 4 FINES closes at 7:00pm, 24 December 2025. Our Contact Centres will reopen at 8:00am on Monday 5 January 2026. National Office (Aitken Street, Wellington) reception will be closed from 3:00pm on Friday 19 December, reopening at 8:00am on Monday 5 January 2026. For more information, see Court and Tribunal hours
The Public Service Association has notified the Ministry of Justice of industrial action at a number of courthouses between 11am and 12noon today.
Some will close and others may have reduced services. The following District Courts have closed: Whangarei, Manukau, North Shore, Pukekohe, Papakura, Rotorua, Hastings, New Plymouth, Whanganui, Wellington, Porirua, Nelson, Christchurch, Invercargill and Dunedin.
Dunedin and Christchurch will remain closed till 1.30pm and Porirua will also close from 12.30pm to 1.30pm.
For more information please contact the Ministry's Contact Centre on 0800 268 787.