Or you can direct your protests towards the nearest brick wall which may well be a more effective option...

Answers to several questions:

The delay in major trials of this kind is due to two main things - first, ESR analysis (the lab is very backlogged lately); secondly, transcribing intercepted conversations. The latter always takes ages. This is because of the importance of ensuring that the transcription is accurate (easier said then done when there's background noise) and because there can be hours of conversations involved - not long conversations but just lots of little ones. Code words add to the degree of difficulty and then there's foreign languages... One drug case I'm aware of came to trial around the middle of this year. I had a passing involvement in it (professionally of course) back in 2004 when it was in its early stages. The High Court at Auckland is actually quite good at setting reasonably early dates. The worst court by far is Manukau.

Where cases are heard depends on what type of case it is (murder, manslaughter, treason and class A drugs can only be heard in the High Court) as well as on other factors such as - degree of difficulty, public interest factors (e.g. Clint Rickards), and complexity.