Tasker pleaded not guilty to the charges at an earlier hearing.
In the High Court at Wellington this morning, Justice Dale La Hood said the case would be transferred to the High Court at Christchurch.
A pretrial hearing will be held there in March next year.
Tasker, who appeared by audio-visual link, made no comments during the short hearing.
Catherine Hutton is an Open Justice reporter, based in Wellington. She has worked as a journalist at the Waikato Times and RNZ. Most recently, she was working as a media adviser at the Ministry of Justice.