List of current offices of the District Court

The following table lists the current offices of the District Court of New Zealand, and when they were established. This list does not include locations that do not have an office, known as hearing courts, the Central Registry, or the Collections Contact Centres.

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The District Court Act 2016 came into force on 1 March 2017 and established a single ‘District Court of New Zealand’. Under the Act, existing District Court locations and offices became ‘offices of the District Court of New Zealand’.

Offices of the District Court of New Zealand are formally established by publishing a notice in the New Zealand Gazette. You can find copies of gazette notices issued from the year 2000 onwards on the New Zealand Gazette website:
New Zealand Gazette(external link)

Click on the court name to view operating hours for that court.

Offices of the District Court of New Zealand
Alexandra 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Ashburton 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Auckland 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Blenheim 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Christchurch 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Dannevirke 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Dunedin 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Gisborne 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Gore 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Greymouth 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Hamilton 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Hastings 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Hawera 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Huntly 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Hutt Valley 2012 - ISSUE 151 – page 4470
Civil jurisdiction(external link)
Criminal jurisdiction(external link)
Invercargill 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Kaikohe 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Kaitaia 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Levin 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Manukau 2000 - ISSUE 117 – page 2959(external link)
Masterton 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Morrinsville 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Napier 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Nelson 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
New Plymouth 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
North Shore 1970 - ISSUE 031 – page 922(external link)
Palmerston North 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Papakura 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Porirua 1987 - ISSUE 128 – page 3714(external link)
Pukekohe 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Queenstown 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Rotorua 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Taihape 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Taumarunui 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Taupo 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Tauranga 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Thames 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Timaru 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Wairoa 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Waitakere (previously Henderson) 1998 - ISSUE 045 – page 1036(external link)
Wanganui (Whanganui) 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Wellington 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Westport 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Whakatane 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)
Whangarei 1948 - ISSUE 065 – pages 1541, 1542(external link)

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