Courts of New Zealand

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The Courts of New Zealand (the Judiciary) is one of the three branches of government (the other two are the Legislature (Parliament), and the Executive (Cabinet, Ministers and government departments). 

The Courts of New Zealand (the courts) hold court records. Court records can include case files and registers from cases involving: 

  • child welfare
  • family and guardianship
  • criminal matters
  • adoptions
  • youth justice 

We prepared this guidance with information received from the Ministry of Justice.