Family Court

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August 2026

• 1 AugDoctors consider weight-loss drugs for man in secure care

December 2025

• 14 Dec 2025Experts urge compromise as Family Court orders impact Christmas
• 13 Dec 2025Family Court orders former officer to pay woman for abuse
• 2 Dec 2025Hearing on media injunction for Tom Phillips investigation concludes

October 2025

• 27 Oct 2025Retired surgeon released from compulsory mental health care
• 17 Oct 2025Former Christchurch CEO referred to police over alleged document forgery

August 2025

• 15 Aug 2025Supreme Court finds wrong legal test used to detain autistic man

July 2025

• 29 Jul 2025Oranga Tamariki ordered to pay costs to former foster parents

May 2025

• 25 May 2025Family Court intervenes to separate teenage girl from older boyfriend

February 2025

• 25 Feb 2025Father fails High Court bid to block daughter from private school
• 7 Feb 2025Man pleads guilty to hostage and bomb threat charges in Nelson

January 2025

• 15 Jan 2025Teenager fails to overturn protection order preventing sporting competition
• 5 Jan 2025Nearly 450 assaults recorded in New Zealand courthouses since 2019