2014 Ministry of Justice Annual Report [pdf, 3 MB]
...national target (and against each other) • moving some straightforward transactions to processing teams to provide standardised customer service and reduce the number of transactions occurring in each court. For example, the administration of probates, disputed fines and divorce applications was moved to teams in Wellington. At the end of December 2013, the average age of active District Court cases had reduced by 8.9%, with an 18.3% reduction in the criminal jurisdiction and a 5% r...