New Zealand has a number of specialist courts:
- The Employment Court deals with labour relations
- Family Courts deal with matters such as custody, parental access, divorce, adoption, protection orders and the care and protection of children
- Youth Courts deal with offences committed by young people (older than 13 but younger than 17)
- The Maori Land Court and Maori Appellate Court deal with matters relating to Maori land
- The Environment Court deals with resource management, planning and development matters.
There are more than 100 tribunals, authorities, boards or committees. These deal with a wide range of disputes involving issues such as censorship, taxation, tenancy and employment. Some of the better known ones are the Employment, Disputes, Tenancy and Treaty of Waitangi Tribunals.
