There are 178 District Court Judges, not including the Chief District Court Judge, the Principal Family Court Judge, the Principal Youth Court Judge and the National Executive Judge.^*

District Court Judges include among their numbers the Chief Coroner, nine Environment Court Judges and three judges working full-time in other roles, such as the Chair of the Immigration and Protection Tribunal and those on secondment.

Acting-Warranted Judges sit part-time throughout the country as required (or in non-judicial roles). Part-time Acting-Warranted Judges are usually judges who have retired from full-time judging. Judges must retire from full-time judging at the age of 70, although they may be appointed for a further two years on an acting-warrant.

District Court Judges are permanently based in 25 main centres but may preside over cases in any District Court in the country. Each judge has a home court where they are based and deal with most of their cases but many judges will also travel to smaller courts to hear cases.

While every District Court Judge can preside over minor criminal matters, many judges specialise in particular aspects of the District Court system: jury trials, family, youth, civil or ACC appeals.

Please note that the Environment Court is not a division of the District Court, but all Environment Court Judges are considered District Court Judges.