High Court of New Zealand

E46641
court of general jurisdiction superior court

The High Court of New Zealand is a superior court of general jurisdiction that handles serious civil and criminal cases and significant judicial reviews within New Zealand’s court system.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
High Court of New Zealand canonical 23
High Court judges of New Zealand 1
High Court of New Zealand (administration) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court of general jurisdiction ⓘ
superior court ⓘ
appealsTo Court of Appeal of New Zealand ⓘ
Supreme Court of New Zealand ⓘ
authorizedBy Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand) ⓘ
surface form: Constitution Act 1986

Senior Courts Act 2016 ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
dateRenamed 1980 ⓘ
decidesOn bankruptcies ⓘ
civil claims above District Court monetary limits ⓘ
company liquidations ⓘ
electoral petitions ⓘ
judicial review of executive action ⓘ
serious criminal trials by jury ⓘ
established 1841 ⓘ
formerlyKnownAs High Court of New Zealand self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Court of New Zealand
handles serious civil cases ⓘ
serious criminal cases ⓘ
significant judicial review proceedings ⓘ
hasChiefJudge Chief High Court Judge of New Zealand ⓘ
hasChiefJudgeTitle Chief High Court Judge ⓘ
hasSeat Auckland ⓘ
Blentheim ⓘ
Christchurch, New Zealand ⓘ
surface form: Christchurch

Dunedin ⓘ
Gisborne ⓘ
Hamilton ⓘ
Invercargill ⓘ
Napier ⓘ
Nelson ⓘ
New Plymouth ⓘ
Palmerston North ⓘ
Rotorua ⓘ
Timaru ⓘ
Wellington ⓘ
Whangārei ⓘ
headquartersLocation Wellington ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom District Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Family Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Youth Court of New Zealand ⓘ
various tribunals in New Zealand ⓘ
jurisdiction New Zealand ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Te Reo Māori ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
partOf New Zealand courts ⓘ
surface form: Courts of New Zealand

New Zealand courts ⓘ
surface form: Judiciary of New Zealand
replaced High Court of New Zealand self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Court of New Zealand (pre‑1980 court of general jurisdiction)

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supreme Court of New Zealand → hearsAppealsFrom → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Supreme Court Act 2003 → relatedTo → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Zealand High Court
Senior Courts Act 2016 → appliesTo → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Te Kōti Mana Nui → hearsAppealsFrom → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
SCNZ → hearsAppealsFrom → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
subject surface form: Supreme Court of New Zealand
New Zealand courts → hasCourt → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
High Court of New Zealand → replaced → High Court of New Zealand self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of New Zealand (pre‑1980 court of general jurisdiction)
High Court of New Zealand → formerlyKnownAs → High Court of New Zealand self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court of New Zealand
Dame Helen Winkelmann → memberOf → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
subject surface form: Helen Winkelmann
Court of Appeal of New Zealand → reviewsDecisionsFrom → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Court of Appeal of New Zealand → hearsAppealsFrom → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Court of New Zealand in its original jurisdiction
Court of Appeal of New Zealand → bindingOn → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
District Court of New Zealand → levelInJudicialHierarchy → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
this entity surface form: below High Court of New Zealand
District Court of New Zealand → appealsTo → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Family Court of New Zealand → appealsTo → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Family Court of New Zealand → canBeReviewedBy → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Youth Court of New Zealand → canTransferCasesTo → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Human Rights Review Tribunal of New Zealand → decisionsAppealableTo → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Immigration and Protection Tribunal of New Zealand → decisionAppealableTo → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Ministry of Justice (New Zealand) → oversees → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Court of New Zealand (administration)
Environment Court of New Zealand → decisionsAppealableTo → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Chief High Court Judge of New Zealand → appliesToJurisdiction → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Chief High Court Judge of New Zealand → partOf → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Chief High Court Judge of New Zealand → hasAuthorityOver → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Court judges of New Zealand
Blentheim → hasJurisdiction → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Blentheim → isSeatOf → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Blentheim → locatedInJurisdiction → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Wellington High Court building → houses → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
Senior Courts of New Zealand → comprises → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ
New Zealand justice sector agencies → includes → High Court of New Zealand ⓘ