Yes. You have to pay a filing fee when you apply to the District Court for it to enforce a Disputes Tribunal Order. The fee you’ll be charged is added to the amount the other person owes and the court recovers the fee from them along with the debt. This means you’ll get the filing fee back once the order has been enforced.
If you use a lawyer to get the courts to enforce the Tribunal’s order, you’ll have to pay the lawyer’s fees yourself.
For a breakdown of the different filing fees, go to www.justice.govt.nz/fines/about-civil-debt/civil-enforcement-fees