Internet Resource Guide: New Zealand Law Resources

Law Internet Resources

New Zealand Law

Legislation
Court and Tribunal decisions, law reports etc
Key National Bodies
Links to Other New Zealand Sites

Legislation

Bills
- Parliament website
- NZ Legislation website

Knowledge Basket
- Bills Digests (Parliamentary Library)

Acts and Regulations
Alphabetical index to current Acts and Statutory Rules in force

Court and Tribunal decisions, law reports etc

Directory of Court Decisions
Portal from the University of Waikato
Ministry of Justice
Recent higher court decisions from the Ministry of Justice website.
Court of Appeal decisions 1999+

Key National Bodies

Law Commission
New Zealand's major law reform agency
Knowledge Basket
A fee paying service containing several law databases. Contents are usually free to browse but access to full text items is restricted to registered customers
Ministry of Justice
New Zealand Government Online
Links to government web sites
Parliament
This site has few legislative publications.
- Hansard Available from 2002/03 session +
Parliamentary Counsel Office
Information about drafting of and access to legislation in both printed and electronic forms

Links to Other New Zealand Sites (Pathfinders, Directories etc)

via AUSTLII
via University of Waikato
via Auckland District Law Society
An Introduction to New Zealand law and legal information [on the Internet] (M. Greville)
The New Zealand legal system (F. Crichton)
A detailed essay on various aspects of the NZ legal system
The New Zealand Legal System: a Guide to the Constitution, Government and Legislature of New Zealand (Ministry of Justice)
Law, rights and responsibilities
Portal to government law sites
LawAccess
Factsheets and websites arranged by subject categories, containing brief overviews of legal topics