New Zealand
Key law sites
NZLII (New Zealand legal Information Institute)
A prototype system developed by the University of Otago Faculty of Law, the Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law and AustLII. It currently contains decisions from the Court of Appeal of New Zealand, New Zealand Commerce Commission, New Zealand Privacy Commissioner, Human Rights Review Tribunal of New Zealand, publications of the New Zealand Law Commission, the Otago Law Review and the Victoria University of Wellington Law Review.
Thomson Reuters NZ (Free and fee based services)
Provides access to a mixture of free and fee for service information services covering New Zealand legal, tax, accounting and business information. This includes: Court of Appeal Judgments, the InSite daily news service, a Directory of New Zealand Lawyers, and the Catalogue.
FindLaw NZ
Full-text of recent cases, legal news and articles, and links.
An Introduction to New Zealand Law & Legal Information 2002 (LLRX.com)
A comprehensive article by Margaret Greville, Law Librarian at the University of Canterbury, NZ.
The Knowledge Basket (Commercial Service -- also links to selected Free Information Services)
Provides access to a mixture of free and fee for service information services covering New Zealand legal information. This includes: GP Print Legislation, BRIEFCASE cases index, the LINX database, and Waitangi Tribunal Reports.
University of Waikato Law Library
University of Waikato Law Library site provides both links to other NZ legal sites and a very useful Directory of Decisions (how and where to access NZ Tribunal and Court decisions).
A Web Guide to Free Legal and Compliance Resources on the Asia Pacific Region - New Zealand (LLRX)
Research guide outlining some of the best free resources for legal and compliance information in the Asia Pacific region. Each country covers electronic resources for judicial, legislation, government, regulatory, and financial bodies that are available in the English language.
Government information
New Zealand Government Web Server
This official New Zealand Government site contains searchable
information about New Zealand, its government, including links to a
range of Ministries and Departments, as well as Parliament, and legislation and the constitution. Links are also provided to a range of New Zealand internet sites.
New Zealand Parliament homepage
Official NZ Parliament web site provides information about Parliament, the Parliament Programme (which includes sitting dates, order papers, select committees, etc.), links to Government Departments, Ministerial Services, Parliamentary Counsel, etc, as well as to Ministerial Press Releases, and the sites of Political Parties.
New Zealand Department of Labour
Statutory authorities etc
Broadcasting Standards Authority
Law Commission of New Zealand
Office of the Privacy Commissioner (Free access - Knowledge Basket Commercial Service)
Legislation
New Zealand Legislation
Site provides free public access to unofficial versions of New Zealand statutes (Public, Local, and Private Acts) and Statutory Regulations. Provided by the New Zealand Parliamentary Counsel Office/Te Tari Tohutohu Paremata (PCO) in association with Brookers, as part of the Public Access to Legislation (PAL) Project. Hosted and maintained by Brookers, and updated monthly. It is a temporary site to be replaced by an official PCO site that will provide free public access to New Zealand legislation, including Acts, regulations, and Bills.
GP Print Legislative Database (Acts, Regulations, Bills & Hansard) (Knowledge Basket Commercial Service)
Treaties
Treaty of Waitangi (1840) For decisions, see the Waitangi Tribunal Reports Database.
Case law
See also Monash University Library's Electronic case law - New Zealand (Monash users only)
Court of Appeal Decisions (1998+) (AustLII)
BRIEFCASE (Index to published case law since 1986-) (Knowledge Basket Commercial Service)
Search Broadcasting Standards Authority Decisions (1994+)
Court of Appeal Decisions (Nov 1995-) (Brooker's: Judgments, free) (Order a judgment service for earlier CA decisions, High Court, District and other courts and tribunals))
LINX Database (Index to Court of Appeal & High Court Judgments) (Knowledge Basket Commercial Service)
Refugee Status Appeals Authority Database (Headnotes/summaries 1991+) (Free service - provided by Knowledge Basket Commercial Service)
University of Waikato Law Library Directory of Decisions
The University of Waikato Law Library web site provides a very useful Directory of Decisions (how and where to access NZ Tribunal and Court decisions).
Waitangi Tribunal Reports Database
For unreported judgements (High Court & Court of Appeal) from mid-1978- contact
Judgments Unlimited, PO Box 5351 Wellington NZ. Ph. 64 4 472 4953 Fax. 64 4 472 7180
Law courts
Courts of New Zealand
Includes information about the courts and publishes judicial decisions of public interest.
New Zealand Courts (Ministry of Justice)
In addition to providing information about the Dept., its mission, strategic plan and functions, site also provides access to the Waitangi Tribunal and Maori Land Court, as well as other law-related sites.
District Court of New Zealand
Site provides background information about the District Courts, a directory of their locations, contact numbers, etc., a directory of judges, and links to other courts and legal resources on the web.
Law schools and libraries
University of Auckland Faculty of Law and
Davis Law Library. View the contents of the New Zealand Law Review issues.
University of Waikato Law School and Law Library
Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law and Law Library
New Zealand Law Librarians Group
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