Undefended applications are undisputed matters that are resolved without proceeding to hearing and are included in the figures below.
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At a national level, all application types are grouped together and comparing the 2020/2021 fiscal year with 2019/2020, there has been a:
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The following table shows the number of applications by location and:
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Court Location |
New Business |
Disposals |
Active applications as at 30 June 2021 |
| Alexandra | 121 | 89 | 59 |
| Ashburton | 251 | 144 | 43 |
| Auckland | 3,803 | 2,892 | 865 |
| Blenheim | 441 | 296 | 88 |
| Central Registry | 8,593 | 8,586 | 1,026 |
| Chatham Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christchurch | 5,310 | 4,160 | 1,331 |
| Dannevirke | 337 | 288 | 106 |
| Dargaville | 88 | 67 | 29 |
| Dunedin | 1,622 | 1,268 | 244 |
| Gisborne | 718 | 537 | 134 |
| Gore | 184 | 119 | 38 |
| Greymouth | 240 | 212 | 45 |
| Hamilton | 3,487 | 2,498 | 495 |
| Hastings | 1,256 | 1,039 | 308 |
| Hawera | 438 | 234 | 74 |
| Huntly | 301 | 176 | 55 |
| Hutt Valley | 1,594 | 1,194 | 473 |
| Invercargill | 1,006 | 709 | 210 |
| Kaikohe | 466 | 381 | 247 |
| Kaikoura | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaitaia | 451 | 318 | 150 |
| Levin | 728 | 600 | 156 |
| Manukau | 4,432 | 3,375 | 1,426 |
| Marton | 52 | 35 | 3 |
| Masterton | 713 | 551 | 129 |
| Morrinsville | 279 | 179 | 60 |
| Napier | 911 | 652 | 173 |
| Nelson | 1,015 | 734 | 202 |
| New Plymouth | 1,339 | 977 | 274 |
| North Shore | 2,221 | 1,503 | 457 |
| Oamaru | 132 | 105 | 35 |
| Opotiki | 71 | 56 | 18 |
| Palmerston North | 1,722 | 1,175 | 407 |
| Papakura | 577 | 420 | 221 |
| Porirua | 1,140 | 834 | 288 |
| Pukekohe | 685 | 349 | 238 |
| Queenstown | 122 | 84 | 62 |
| Rotorua | 1,525 | 1,027 | 214 |
| Ruatoria | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taihape | 71 | 42 | 19 |
| Taumarunui | 116 | 90 | 18 |
| Taupo | 579 | 360 | 137 |
| Tauranga | 2,244 | 1,449 | 342 |
| Te Awamutu | 259 | 126 | 72 |
| Te Kuiti | 172 | 71 | 30 |
| Thames | 224 | 174 | 54 |
| Timaru | 584 | 414 | 157 |
| Tokoroa | 391 | 250 | 96 |
| Waihi | 269 | 179 | 59 |
| Waipukurau | 48 | 40 | 24 |
| Wairoa | 73 | 54 | 21 |
| Waitakere | 2,468 | 1,934 | 661 |
| Wanganui | 852 | 681 | 145 |
| Wellington | 1,704 | 1,493 | 391 |
| Westport | 95 | 80 | 26 |
| Whakatane | 525 | 389 | 76 |
| Whangarei | 1,940 | 1,739 | 510 |
| Total National | 60,985 | 47,428 | 13,221 |
Note:
The processing of dissolution applications moved to the Centralised Processing Unit (CPU) based in Wellington from October 2013, inflating the Wellington court figures until December 2015. A new location, called “Central Registry”, has been created since to show those applications processed by CPU, separate to the Wellington court figures.
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