law
7 Aug 2023

Courts still working through Covid backlog

From Checkpoint, 6:08 pm on 7 August 2023

New Zealand's district courts are still feeling the lingering effects of Covid, as the justice system struggles under a growing load. More than 140,000 court appearances were delayed because of the pandemic. All the while the number of criminal cases is increasing. Jimmy Ellingham reports.

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