Proactive release - Sexual violence response [pdf, 7.7 MB]
...63. The 2015 Report recommended implementing a specialist pilot court. Evaluation after two years would consider whether it should become a division of the District Court. 64. A specialist sexual violence court has been operating as a pilot in the Auckland and Whangārei District Courts since 2017. The pilot is operating under existing legislation, testing the benefits of more active judicial case management to expedite cases and improved awareness of the needs of sexual violence victims...