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Legislation and Treaties
| Acts in Looseleaf Services (NZ)
A finding-aid for New Zealand statutes published in looseleaf services held in the Sir Robert Stout Law Library, 8th floor of the Richardson Building.
| NZ Content | | Bills of New Zealand (Brookers)
Current bills and access to some older ones, plus SOPs.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Dunedin City Bylaws
Free searchable database of current DCC bylaws
| Full text | NZ Content | | Legislation NZ
Legislation as passed (not annotated) plus bills and SOPs.
| Full text | NZ Content | | LEXIS
Thousands of fulltext files on national and international law. Includes New Zealand Administrative Reports (1995+), District Court Reports (1996+), NZ Resource Management Appeals (1991+).
| Full text | NZ Content | | Maori Land Legislation Database
(Works best in Internet Explorer) Free summaries of legislation, 1840-1995, plus commentary etc.(University of Auckland)
| NZ Content | | New Zealand Company Law and Practice Legislation
Access via CCH: Includes complete legislation for New Zealand company law.
| Full text | NZ Content | | New Zealand Conveyancing Law and Practice Legislation
Access via CCH: Includes complete legislation for New Zealand conveyancing law.
| Full text | NZ Content | | New Zealand Employment Law Legislation
Access via CCH: Includes complete legislation for New Zealand employment law.
| Full text | NZ Content | | New Zealand Legislation
Free, unofficial legislation from the PCO.
| Full text | NZ Content | | New Zealand Treaty Register
Information about the treaty-making process. Details of Treaty actions January 2000+
| NZ Content | | Parliamentary Business
For progress of bills, order papers, etc.
| NZ Content | | Regulations of New Zealand (Brookers)
New Zealand regulations currently in force.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Salmon Environmental Law (Brookers)
Annotated core environmental legislation for New Zealand.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Statutes of New Zealand (Brookers)
Under ‘NZ Law Partner’ find Statutes of NZ (currently in force), statutes as passed (‘Assent legislation’) and historical legislation.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Statutes of New Zealand (LexisNexis NZ)
Statute reference of New Zealand law.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Supplementary Order Papers (Brookers)
From 2001 to date
| Full text | NZ Content | | Supplementary Order Papers (Knowledge Basket)
Searchable SOPs from Sept 2004
| Full text | NZ Content | | Treaty of Waitangi
Fulltext of the Treaty of Waitangi - in English and Maori. The texts are available on campus in the Central and Law Libraries.
| Full text | NZ Content |
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Case law - finding aids
| Briefcase (Brookers)
A comprehensive index of over 124,000 cases, sourced from a variety of New Zealand Courts and Tribunals, together with selected leading foreign cases. Includes CiteCase to verify case validity and Findcase for full text.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Directory of Decisions
Details about courts, tribunals and their decisions (Waikato University)
| NZ Content | | LawCite
International legal case citator with nearly 3 million indexed cases and journal articles.
| NZ Content | | LINX (Brookers)
Index of NZ cases, journal articles, books and conference proceedings, 1986 to date. Acts as a catalogue of the Canterbury, Wellington and Auckland District Law Society Libraries. Links to some judgments in full text.
| NZ Content | | LINXPlus (LexisNexis NZ)
Searchable index of NZ cases, journal articles, books and conference proceedings, 1986 to date. Acts as a catalogue of the Canterbury, Wellington and Auckland District Law Society Libraries. Links to many judgments in full text.
| NZ Content | | New Zealand Case Law Digest (Brookers)
Selective index to NZ case law 1986-2004.
| NZ Content | | Unreported Judgments Index
Identifies unreported NZ court judgments held in the Law Library at KG/346.(Recent judgments are in set 17 on Close Reserve.)
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Case law - fulltext sources
| ACC Appeal Decisions
Contains New Zealand Accident Compensation Appeals with comprehensive coverage from 2001 and some earlier decisions back to 1994.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Advertising Standards Authority Decisions
Free database of Advertising Standards Complaints Board Decisions from 2000 on.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Broadcasting Standards Authority Decisions
Codes of Broadcasting Practice and a searchable free database of decisions on formal complaints from 1994.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Broadcasting Standards Authority Decisions (NZLII)
Searchable decisions from 1994+.
| Full text | NZ Content | | CCH Company, Corporate & Securities Law
Includes: NZ company law and practice commentary; NZ company law and practice legislation; NZ company law and practice news; NZ company law cases.
| Full text | NZ Content | | CCH Conveyancing and Property Law
Includes: NZ conveyancing and property law news; NZ conveyancing cases; NZ conveyancing law and practice commentary; NZ conveyancing law and practice legislation.
| Full text | NZ Content | | CCH Employment and HR
Includes: NZ employment law cases; NZ employment law commentary; NZ employment law legislation; NZ employment legislation news.
| Full text | NZ Content | | CCH GST
Includes: NZ Goods and Services Tax guide commentary.
| Full text | NZ Content | | CCH Intelliconnect
Access to resources in: Company, corporate & securities law; Conveyancing & property law; Employment and HR; GST; and, Tax.
| NZ Content | | CCH Tax
Includes access to New Zealand tax legislation, case law and commentary.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Commerce Commission
Commerce Commission. Many decisions of the Commission, by category, back to 1997 (Not searchable)
| Full text | NZ Content | | Commissioner of Patents, Trade Marks and Designs: Decisions
Click on 'Information Library', then 'Hearings' to access decisions 1953+. 'Indexes' list decisions in date order.
| NZ Content | | Copyright Tribunal
Selected decisions from 1977 to date
| Full text | NZ Content | | Court of Appeal decisions (NZLII)
Most of the Court’s judgments, from 1999 to date, in fulltext
| Full text | NZ Content | | Criminal Cases (Brookers)
A comprehensive database of more than 22,400 reported and unreported case records, sourced from a variety of New Zealand Courts and Tribunals. This database also includes the Criminal Reports of New Zealand series.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Criminal Reports of New Zealand (Brookers)
See: Criminal Cases (via Brookers)
| Full text | NZ Content | | Employment Cases (Brookers)
A comprehensive database of more than 25,000 reported and unreported case records, sourced from a variety of New Zealand Courts and Tribunals including decisions from the following specialist Courts and Tribunals: Arbitration Court; Employment Court; Employment Tribunal; Employment Relations Authority; and the Labour Court. This database includes the Employment Reports of New Zealand series, and also combines the former Employment Reports of New Zealand, Employment Headnotes of New Zealand, and Unreported Employment Cases databases into one database.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Employment Reports of New Zealand (Brookers)
See: Employment Cases (via Brookers)
| Full text | NZ Content | | Environmental cases (Brookers)
A comprehensive database of more than 11,000 reported and unreported case records, sourced from a variety of New Zealand Courts and Tribunals.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Family Court of New Zealand
Includes legislation, decisions, practice and procedure, and forms.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Family Law Library NZ (LexisNexis)
Contains "Family Law Service", "Family Law Journal" , "NZ Family Law Reports" and "Fisher on Matrimonial and Relationship Property".
| Full text | NZ Content | | Health & Disability Commissioner
Selected case notes, 2001+ and opinions, 1996+.
| Full text | NZ Content | | High Court (NZLII)
Decisions since August 2005, at NZLII.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Human Rights Review Tribunal (NZLII)
Contain the decisions of judges in matters before a court or tribunal from 2002 onward.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Judicial Decisions of Public Interest - New Zealand
Selected recent decisions from the higher courts, made available very promptly (in PDF format) but retained for only 28 days.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Judicial Decisions Online
Decisions from selected New Zealand Courts and Tribunals, Supreme Court (All), Court of Appeal (2003 – present), and High Court (August 2005 – present).
| Full text | NZ Content | | Legal Aid Review Decisions
Searchable database of decisions
| Full text | NZ Content | | LEXIS
Thousands of fulltext files on national and international law. Includes New Zealand Administrative Reports (1995+), District Court Reports (1996+), NZ Resource Management Appeals (1991+).
| Full text | NZ Content | | Maori Land Court
Includes free database of selected decisions from 1958 on. See also the Māori Land Court Judgments database and the MLC Minute Book Index, 1865-1910, database at the Law or Hocken Libraries. Hocken has copies of the Minute Books.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal
Decisions are under broad subject headings. (Full text under 'Findings' or 'Additional Orders')
| Full text | NZ Content | | Motor Vehicle Disputes Tribunal Decisions (NZLII)
Searchable decisions from 2006+
| Full text | NZ Content | | New Zealand Law Reports
The New Zealand Law Reports (NZLR) is the official report series of New Zealand. It includes decisions of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, Court of Appeal and High Court.
| Full text | NZ Content | | New Zealand Maritime Law
Admiralty legislation and cases 1999+.
| Full text | NZ Content | | New Zealand Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal
Contains decisions of the New Zealand Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal (NZREADT).
| Full text | NZ Content | | NZLII: New Zealand Legal Information Institute
Free access to legal information and databases on many aspects of New Zealand law.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Privacy Commissioner
Selected case notes from 1994+, listed by year
| Full text | NZ Content | | Privacy Commissioner (NZLII)
Selected decisions from 1996+.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Privy Council Judgments
Fulltext of judgments, arranged by date, 1999+
| Full text | NZ Content | | Refugee Status Appeals Authority
Free decisions of the Refugee Status Appeals Authority, relevant court judgments and other material.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Social Security Appeal Authority Decisions (NZLII)
Searchable decisions from 2003+
| Full text | NZ Content | | Sports Disputes Tribunal of New Zealand
Decisions of the Tribunal and the Court of Arbitration of Sport.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Supreme Court
Includes transcripts, decisions and summaries.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Supreme Court (NZLII)
All decisions (from 2004) from NZLII.
| Full text | NZ Content | | ViewCase (Brookers)
An “add-on” to BriefCase that gives customers access to full text PDFs of over 63,000 judgments from the Supreme Court of New Zealand, Privy Council, Court of Appeal, and High Court. The PDFs are generally searchable and may be downloaded for printing purposes.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Waitangi Tribunal Reports
Free, searchable, access to most reports.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Youth Court New Zealand
Summaries of over 300 selected cases, arranged by subject, statute section or date, 1988 on.
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Commentaries
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Government and Parliament
| Cabinet Manual
Searchable version of this authoritative free source on constitutional and procedural matters. Supplemented by the Cabinet 'Step-by-Step Guide’.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Directory of Official Information
Free access to 2009 edition. Print editions also in University libraries
| Full text | NZ Content | | Hansard (Knowledge Basket)
Searchable access to three collections: Hansard (Speeches), Oral Questions, and Written Questions. Hansard and the Written Questions from 1987 onwards are included, and Oral Questions from 1995 onwards.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Insurance and Savings Ombudsman
Latest Newsletter and procedural material.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Law Commission - NZ
Preliminary Papers (from no 24), Study papers and Reports (from no 34). (Many documents also searchable at the NZLII site)
| Full text | NZ Content | | Law reform papers (pre-1987)
Canterbury University Library's searchable repository including documents pre-dating the establishment of the Law Commission.
| Full text | NZ Content | | New Zealand Courts
Information on courts plus selected recent judgments (retained for 28 days)
| Full text | NZ Content | | New Zealand Gazette
Free issues, back to 2000. Not searchable
| Full text | NZ Content | | New Zealand Government
General gateway
| NZ Content | | New Zealand Parliament
Official website including Select Committee information and Reports; Parliamentary Library publications , including research papers, Bills Digests, and electorate profiles; fact sheets and procedural guides; Hansards from 2003 on; Order Paper; searchable file of Written Questions and Answers.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Office of Film & Literature Classification
Free database of film and literature classification decisions from 1963 on.
| NZ Content | | Ombudsmen
Latest Annual Report and a Consolidated Index to the Ombudsmen Quarterly Review Te Arotake.
| Full text | NZ Content | | Standing Orders of the House of Representatives
Current version. Print edition also in the Law Library. Use the downloads panel to access.
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Law Journals
To search for articles on NZ law, use the databases on the NZ
Law page (also covers newspapers and general journals).
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Other Resources
- An Overview
of New Zealand Law - Margaret Greville's brief overview of the legal
system and research resources.
- Auckland District Law Society
- Features a legal news section, an excellent list of legal Web sites
('Legal Links'), papers from the Public Issues Committee (under 'Profession/
Committees'), and extracts from recent issues of Law News (under 'Products
& Services')
- Brooker's Legal
Directory - Search for a lawyer by name, region or area of expertise.
- Crime Statistics
- Includes links to Police statistics.
- Human Rights Foundation
- Publications and documents and links to related sites.
- Maori
Legal Sites - University of Waikato Law Library's set of links to
relevant web sites.
- New Zealand Law Society -
Press releases and other documents, such as (under 'Publications') the
Rules of the NZLS and the Rules of Professional Conduct for Barristers
and Solicitors.
- Rules Committee
- information about the Rules governing the main NZ courts and proposed
changes.
Last revised:
15 February, 2010
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