Courts NZ Aotearoa New Zealand court lists
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Policy

Corrections and suppression

Entries reproduce hearing lists that courts publish. A request can report a suppression order, correct a transcription error, or ask that an entry be withheld from the register.

Making a request

Use the form below to report a suppression order or an inaccurate entry, or to ask for a removal. It asks for the register ID of the entry, shown in the source block of each entry, an email address, which you verify with a code sent to it, and the grounds for the request, with at least one supporting document as a PDF, PNG or JPG file.

Shown in the source block of each entry.

Verify this address before submitting. Updates about the request are sent here.

At least 1 and up to 3 files, as PDF, PNG or JPG, up to 10 MB each. Select them all at once. They are stored privately for the reviewer and deleted within 30 days.

Every request is read by a person. We aim to respond to all correction requests within 2 business days.

Suppression orders

If an entry identifies a person or details covered by a suppression order, or by statutory suppression (for example under sections 200 to 205 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011, or in Youth Court or Family Court proceedings), use the form above and give details of the order. Where suppression applies, the entry is removed.

What the register never collects

  • District Court criminal lists, which are made available to accredited media rather than the public;
  • Youth Court and Family Court lists;
  • any list that is not published by a court to the general public.

Corrections

Where an entry does not match the list the court published, it is corrected or withdrawn. Where the court later changed its list, the entry is updated on request.

Removals

Other removal requests are considered individually. Grounds that ordinarily lead to removal include an entry naming a non-party, a proceeding that was discontinued and is shown to be so, a person who was a child at the time, or a genuine safety risk. A removed entry is withheld from every page and from search, and is not restored by later collections of the same list.

Entries that accurately reproduce a court's published list are not removed only because the person named would prefer they were not public. Open justice is a fundamental principle of New Zealand law; the register exists to preserve that record.