The District Court judgments of public interest published on this site are moving. To create a more user friendly and complete knowledge base all new published judgments are being moved onto the Judicial Decisions Online (JDO) database.(external link)
Historic Youth Court and Civil Court judgments will remain on this site until this transition is complete while selected new Criminal and Family Court judgments will be published on JDO.
Decisions are also available on the New Zealand Legal Information Institute(external link) website:
District Court Civil and Criminal decisions(external link)
Family Court decisions(external link)
Youth Court decisions(external link)
See also How to find a Court or Tribunal decision(external link)
Note: Judgments in this database may have been anonymised — real names are replaced with pseudonyms and, where it is appropriate by editing and removing information that would allow the protected parties to be identified. Subject to limited exceptions, persons wishing to report/republish Youth Court decisions published on this website will need the leave of the court which heard the proceedings to do so. For more details see About Judgments.
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Application for final order — special conditions — suspended sentence — sexual offending against child — returning offenders — deportee — freedom of movement and…
Download Judgment: 2024-NZDC-29896_Chief-Executive-of-the-Department-of-Corrections-v-Finley.pdf [PDF, 407 KB]
Oral judgment — injunction — wastewater scheme — protest — tapu — tikanga — Local Government Act 2002, ss 162, 232, 316 & 317 —…
Download Judgment: 2024-NZDC-16999_Rotorua-District-Court-v-Rotokakahi-Board-of-Control.pdf [PDF, 254 KB]
Oral judgment — injunction — wastewater — infrastructure — protest — tikanga — Treaty of Waitangi — local government decision-making process — duty of consultation…
Download Judgment: 2024-NZDC-24369_Rotorua-District-Council-v-Rotokakahi-Board-of-Control.pdf [PDF, 371 KB]
Oral judgment — injunction — infrastructure — waste water scheme — protest — tapu — tikanga — land ownership — bylaws — Local Government Act…
Download Judgment: 2024-NZDC-26661_Rotorua-District-Council-v-Rotokakahi-Board-of-Control.pdf [PDF, 455 KB]
Appeal from Tenancy Tribunal — failure to lodge bond within 23 working days of receipt — exemplary damages — restraining order — jurisdiction of Tenancy…
Download Judgment: 2017-NZDC-18900_Iskandar-v-Chief-Executive-Ministry-of-Business-Innovation-and-Employment.pdf [PDF, 292 KB]
Appeal from Tenancy Tribunal — exemplary damages — unlawful act — public interest — loss of amenity — reasonable state of cleanliness — failure to…
Download Judgment: 2021-NZDC-16182_TMT-New-Zealand-Ltd-v-Sweeney.pdf [PDF, 255 KB]
Reserved judgment — revocation of driver's licence — medical fitness to drive — notice from medical practitioner — Land Transport Act 1998, ss 18 &…
Download Judgment: 2024-NZDC-15646_Cole-v-Director-of-Land-Transport.pdf [PDF, 212 KB]
Appeal from tribunal — Motor Vehicle Disputes Tribunal — application to adduce further evidence — right to reject — damage after purchase — Consumer Guarantees Act…
Download Judgment: 2020-NZDC-2628_Joden-Finance-Ltd-v-Prersslip.pdf [PDF, 135 KB]
Agreement for sale and purchase — property — warranty — breach of contract — GST registration — GST refund — property valuation — Ling v…
Download Judgment: 2020-NZDC-13200_Mills-v-Marr.pdf [PDF, 256 KB]
Breach of contract — failure to give reasonable notice — termination of contract — damages — yacht mooring — Maui Farms Ltd v Impress Company…
Download Judgment: 2021-NZDC-13763_Wilson-v-Whitianga-Marina-Society-Inc.pdf [PDF, 217 KB]
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