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
Phone: 0800 477 752 between 9:00am and 5:00pm, Monday to Friday. We’re not open on public holidays.
Email: shdlicensing@justice.govt.nz
Postal address:
Licensing Authority of Secondhand Dealers & Pawnbrokers
DX: SX11159
Wellington
Write the address as written above and use a stamp. If you use a DX box it can get to us a bit faster than a NZ Post mail box.
In person or by courier:
Tribunals Unit
Level 1
86 Customhouse Quay
Wellington
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