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Unreported judgment

What it is

A judgment with neither a neutral citation nor a published report.

How to cite it

Cited under r 3.4 by court, registry, file number and the date of judgment. r 3.4.5(c) hyphenates a modern file number and drops leading zeroes; older formats are reproduced as they appear.

Example citation

R v Tuhou HC Napier CRI-2007-020-2820, 11 September 2008 at [14].

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Last reviewed 6 August 2026 · always confirm the rule against the official New Zealand Law Style Guide.