Divorces

Method of Collection The Family Court where the Dissolution Order is granted completes a Dissolution of Marriage Form JS/FP/03. Each month, the JS/FP/03 forms are sent to the Population Statistics Unit, Statistics New Zealand, where the information is processed. The JS/FP/03 is usually accompanied by a copy of the Family Court Information sheet (sometimes called a FP7 or G7). The Information sheet is used to validate the information recorded on the JS/FP/03. Processing errors There is always the chance of processing errors happening but quality control measures are in place. These include: Verification of outliers. Checking for valid codes. Removal of duplicate records. Following up missing responses. Changes made since 2024 From 2024, the supply of divorce data from Ministry of Justice has changed from unit record data to sets of tables to align with data published by Stats NZ. Data supplied includes some missing data. Previously quality control measures are not able to be performed in the same way, and missing data cannot be followed up on. Missing data is not included in published tables, but is included in relevant totals. Data sent by Ministry of Justice is broken down by gender (rather than sex). Data published by Stats NZ broken down by male and female does not include divorces for people of another gender, however these divorces are included in totals. en-NZ