Publications

Publications from the District Court of New Zealand including speeches and information about Court initiatives.

• Norris Ward McKinnon Annual Lecture 2020

  Download pdf (458 MB) NORRIS WARD McKINNON ANNUAL LECTURE 2020… mai te pō ki te ao mārama … … the transition from night to the enlightened world...

• Celebrating a new young adult court in Porirua

  The Porirua District Court’s new pilot court was gifted a name, and new carvings telling the community’s story were unveiled during an official launch. A judge-led...

• COVID 19: ALERT LEVEL 2 — DISTRICT COURT’S RESPONSE (as at 22 March 2020)

  Download as pdf (91 KB) The Chief District Court Judge has taken immediate steps, in consultation with the Chief Justice, Heads of Bench, and with the...

• Seaside marae hosts historic court sitting

  Hundreds gather to celebrate appointment of Chief District Court JudgeHundreds came to the tiny East Coast community of Whāngārā to see history in the making...

• Sexual Violence Court Pilot Evaluation Report

   Download pdf (1.36 Mb)   Acknowledgements This report was written by Sue Allison and Tania Boyer from Gravitas Research and Strategy Limited. The quantitative data analysis has been...

• Sexual Violence Pilot Court

  Sexual Violence Pilot Court: Guidelines and Designated OffencesThe District Court is running a Sexual Violence Pilot Court in Auckland and Whangarei. The pilot covers all serious...

• Ensuring technology serves the interests of justice

  The Chief District Court Judge, Judge Jan-Marie Doogue, looks at the growing trend toward remote participation in the courts and explores what may be at...

• Testing resolve in testing times

  By Chief District Court Judge Jan-Marie DoogueIn the February 2018 issue of LawTalk, Chief District Court Judge Jan-Marie Doogue discusses challenges facing the District Court...

• 22nd Annual New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Commemorative Address

  Generations of Disadvantage: A View from the District Court BenchJudge Jan-Marie Doogue, Chief District Court Judge for New Zealand* Dunedin, 15 October 2018Download pdf (405 KB) IntroductionE ngā mana,...

• Diversity central to public confidence in the court

  By Chief District Court Judge Jan-Marie DoogueIn the December 2018 issue of LawTalk, Chief District Court Judge Jan-Marie Doogue explains, improving diversity among judges is vital...

• Trial of Young Adult List Proposal

  Download PDF: (384 KB) PROPOSAL FOR A TRIAL OF YOUTH ADULT1 LIST IN PORIRUA DISTRICT COURT CHIEF DISTRICT COURT JUDGE FOR NEW ZEALAND TE KAIWHAKAWĀ MATUA O...