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
You might need to pay a fee at different stages of a civil or family court case.
You might need to pay a fee when you give the court each document for your case, like a statement of claim, statement of defence and interlocutory application, or an application for a Parenting Order or Relationship Property Order.
This is called filing your documents.
You might also need to pay a fee when you ask the court to do things like hold a hearing, seal documents or give copies of documents.
Check the court you are going through to see how much the fees will cost:
Employment Court(external link)
Environment Court(external link)
Māori Land Court(external link)
Many of the fees for filing can be paid through the File and Pay online service. This service allows for the payment of fees by credit card.
For filings in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, and High court, you will also be able to file your documents when you pay.
You can find File and Pay here: File and Pay (external link)