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1. TX v W Ltd [2025] NZDT 263 (17 June 2025) [pdf, 187 KB]

   ...sees fit. Enforcement of Tribunal Decisions If the Order or Agreed Settlement is not complied with, you can apply to the Collections Unit of the District Court to have the order enforced. Application forms and information about the different civil enforcement options are available on the Ministry of Justice’s civil debt page: http://www.justice.govt.nz/fines/about-civil-debt/collect-civil-debt For Civil Enforcement enquiries, please phone 0800 233 222. Help and Further Informa...

2. M Ltd v ND [2025] NZDT 277 (10 July 2025) [pdf, 174 KB]

   ...sees fit. Enforcement of Tribunal Decisions If the Order or Agreed Settlement is not complied with, you can apply to the Collections Unit of the District Court to have the order enforced. Application forms and information about the different civil enforcement options are available on the Ministry of Justice’s civil debt page: http://www.justice.govt.nz/fines/about-civil-debt/collect-civil-debt For Civil Enforcement enquiries, please phone 0800 233 222. Help and Further Informa...

3. 2013 to 2016 Ministry of Justice statement of intent [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...use it to know that we value their time. Further simplification of criminal court procedures in 2013 will help to deliver these goals, as will changes to the courts operating model and the use of more technology in the courtroom. Changes to the Family Court, civil court fees and family dispute legal aid will encourage people to resolve relatively minor disagreements between themselves. This leads to better and more durable outcomes for those involved and is a better use of public...

4. KG v M Ltd [2023] NZDT 627 (1 November 2023) [pdf, 267 KB]

   ...sees fit. Enforcement of Tribunal Decisions If the Order or Agreed Settlement is not complied with, you can apply to the Collections Unit of the District Court to have the order enforced. Application forms and information about the different civil enforcement options are available on the Ministry of Justice’s civil debt page: http://www.justice.govt.nz/fines/about-civil-debt/collect-civil-debt For Civil Enforcement enquiries, please phone 0800 233 222. Help and Further Informa...

5. Combined jurisdiction legal aid form submissions and decisions [pdf, 984 KB]

   ...have helped us to determine the best way to ensure that our application forms are fit for purpose and are easy to use for you and our customers. Overall, your feedback told me that it would be preferable not to combine the applications for the family/civil and criminal jurisdictions. I have taken your feedback on board, and have decided to only combine the forms within the criminal jurisdiction, and keep them separate from the family and civil legal aid form. I have also taken in ac...

6. Ministry of Justice Annual Report 2020-21 [pdf, 6.4 MB]

   ...Public Finance Act 1989, this Annual Report presents: Te Tāhū o te Ture – Ministry of Justice This document includes information about the Ministry’s operations and performance for the 2020/21 financial year. Joint Venture Business Unit – Family Violence and Sexual Violence (JVBU) The JVBU is hosted by the Ministry of Justice and provides a governance secretariat for the Joint Venture (JV), ministerial servicing and coordinates policy advice from a family violence and sexual viole...

7. Court-User-Survey-2025-results.pdf [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...intended to be a fully representative sample of court participants. It provides insights to help understand the impact of the Ministry’s work and where improvements might be needed over time. This year, the intended sample size of both victims and civil participants was not achieved. This was due to victims generally not being in the courthouse as frequently as other parties, and because civil litigation is increasingly happening via remote hearing. Increasing the sample size of these...

8. Family Court applications jun2024 [xlsx, 181 KB]

   Contents Family Court applications Family Court application data is extracted from a live dataset that is used for operational purposes, meaning the data will be updated with late data entry and active applications progressing through the court process. Therefore, this data may differ to data reported elsewhere with a different extraction date. These tables were extracted on 21 August 2024. Contents: Table 1a: Number and percentage of substantive Family Court applications filed, by...

9. 2018 Ministry of Justice Annual Report [pdf, 4.3 MB]

   ...tribunal cases were resolved over requests for criminal conviction history checks we processed 267,000 548,000 contracts for justice services million $56 was spent on 180 with like community-based providers and NGOs RestorativeJustice and Family Dispute Resolution services we continued to host the cases were accepted by the Public Defence Service16,245 people were granted legal aid 55,500 we supported the launch of of all iwi groups have achieved a recognised mandat...

10. 2012 to 2015 Ministry of Justice statement of intent [pdf, 962 KB]

    ...criminal court procedures in 2013 will help to deliver these goals, as will changes to the courts operating model. The justice system should deliver justice, but it should not support people to unnecessarily escalate or prolong their personal disputes. Changes to the Family Court, civil court fees and legal aid will encourage people to resolve more minor disagreements between themselves, not only because that is a better use of public resources but also because it often leads t...