0800 COURTS closes at 3:00pm 24 December 2025, for urgent matters (relating to family matter or bail conditions), please call 0800 253 425. 0800 4 FINES closes at 7:00pm, 24 December 2025. Our Contact Centres will reopen at 8:00am on Monday 5 January 2026. National Office (Aitken Street, Wellington) reception will be closed from 3:00pm on Friday 19 December, reopening at 8:00am on Monday 5 January 2026. For more information, see Court and Tribunal hours
We can offer you a range of benefits that can support your wellbeing and help make the Ministry a great place to be.
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Working for the Ministry of Justice as a permanent employee, you’re eligible for a range of benefits including:
With a wide range of jobs, you also get the chance to gain a variety of skills and experience while developing your career.
"There are always opportunities to grow in terms of training and development."
Vincent – Court Registry Officer
Being such a large and diverse organisation, we can offer you great career challenges, roles and opportunities. Here at the Ministry we want this to be a place where you can be trusted, involved, supported, yourself and healthy & safe.
We’re proud to have been recognised with the DVFREE TICK by Shine - a leading New Zealand specialist family violence service provider, which affirms that as an organisation we take family violence seriously and have a robust policy to support our staff who may be affected by family violence.