"The court registrar was NOT transcribing the proceedings. Given the field of microphones suspended from the ceiling, it would appear that gnomes in the basement transcribe and then transmit 21 copies back to the registrar."

Court registars don't do the transcibing. It is recorded via microphone to a outsource solutions company in Wellington who do the transcribing.

Almost every court in New Zealand uses this system now. Part of the restructuring of the court system earlier this year.

Simon O