New Zealand courts

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judicial system

New Zealand courts are the judicial institutions of New Zealand responsible for interpreting and applying the law, resolving disputes, and upholding justice across the country.

Aliases (5)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial system →
administeredBy	Ministry of Justice (New Zealand) →
allowsAppealTo	Supreme Court of New Zealand →
appliesInJurisdiction	New Zealand →
ceasedRegularAppealsTo	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 2004 →
country	New Zealand →
hasCourt	Coroners Court of New Zealand → Court of Appeal of New Zealand → District Court of New Zealand → Employment Court of New Zealand → Environment Court of New Zealand → Family Court of New Zealand → High Court of New Zealand → Māori Appellate Court → Māori Land Court → Youth Court of New Zealand →
hasFunction	civil adjudication → criminal adjudication → dispute resolution → enforcement of rights → interpretation of law → judicial review of executive action →
hasLevel	appellate courts → inferior courts → superior courts →
hasSpecialistJurisdiction	Māori land law → employment law → environmental law → family law → youth justice →
hasTopCourt	Supreme Court of New Zealand →
hasTribunal	Disputes Tribunal of New Zealand → Human Rights Review Tribunal of New Zealand → Immigration and Protection Tribunal of New Zealand → Tenancy Tribunal of New Zealand → Waitangi Tribunal →
historicallyAllowedAppealTo	Judicial Committee of the Privy Council →
interprets	New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 → New Zealand law → Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Treaty of Waitangi) in law →
legalSystem	common law →
legalTradition	Westminster system →
overseenBy	Chief Justice of New Zealand →
protectsPrinciple	rule of law in New Zealand →
recognizes	doctrine of precedent →
usesLanguage	English → Te Reo Māori →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Court of Appeal of New Zealand ("judiciary of New Zealand") → Helen Winkelmann ("Judiciary of New Zealand") → High Court of New Zealand ("Judiciary of New Zealand") → High Court of New Zealand ("Courts of New Zealand") → Te Kōti Mana Nui ("Judiciary of New Zealand") →	partOf
Chief Justice of New Zealand ("Judicial branch of New Zealand") → Supreme Court of New Zealand ("New Zealand judiciary") →	memberOf
Supreme Court Act 2003 →	appliesTo
Supreme Court of New Zealand ("judiciary of New Zealand") →	branchOf
Crown in right of New Zealand ("New Zealand judiciary") →	distinctFrom
New Zealand Sign Language →	hasInterpretersIn
Chief Justice of New Zealand ("judiciary of New Zealand") →	headOf
Treaty of Waitangi →	interpretedBy
Coat of arms of New Zealand →	usedBy