Advertising Standards Authority Inc. New Zealand
http://www.asa.co.nz/
The website of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) offers detailed information about self-regulatory principles and practice for the advertising industry in New Zealand. The site gives full-text access to "the Codes" as developed by the ASA, each code relating to a specific area of advertising activity. There is also a section on procedures to be followed when making a complaint to the Advertising Standards Complaints Board. Full text decisions made by the Board from 2000 onwards can be searched and browsed on the site. Full text access to a number of research papers on advertising are also made freely available in a variety of formats.
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An introduction to New Zealand law and legal information
http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/New_Zealand.htm
A free online research guide focusing on New Zealand law and legal materials written by Margaret Greville who is the Law Librarian at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. The guide was published in 2005 on the Globalex Website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. Background information is given to the New Zealand Government and legal system along with sources of primary legal information including treaties, legislation and case law. Links are provided to web resources and bibliographic details are given for printed materials. There is also information on legal publishers, legal reference tools and a guide to sources covering specific legal subjects such as banking, criminal law, family law, intellectual property, maritime law, rights and freedoms and personal injury. This is an updated version of the guide published in 2002 on LLRX.com (Law Library Resource Xchange) the free online web journal for legal information professionals.
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An introduction to the legal structure of Tokelau:a collection of primary materials, commentary, and online resources
http://www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj/library/Online/Texts/Tokelau/Homepage.htm
Online guide explaining the laws and legal system of Tokelau in the South Pacific, a self-administering territory of New Zealand. The guide has been compiled by Peter Murgatroyd who is Law Librarian at the Emalus Campus Library at the University of the South Pacific. The guide gives an introduction to Tokelau, information on sources of law and links to Tokelau legislation. There is an outline of the governmental system and government institutions along with details of the relationship Tokelau has with New Zealand. The author provides resources and background information, including links to UN documents on self determination, on the movement towards free association with New Zealand.
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Auckland District Law Society
http://www.adls.org.nz/
Website of the Auckland District Law Society (ADLS) the professional body representing barristers and solicitors practising in the Auckland area of New Zealand. There is background to the history, function and rules of the society (including the ADLS's regulatory role) along with information relating to the work of the various committees. A full text article provides an introduction to the New Zealand legal system. The site has a searchable directory of lawyers for the Auckland region and for New Zealand as a whole. A directory of links to law firm websites and copies of the ADLS bulletin are also available on the site.
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Australian and New Zealand College of Notaries
http://www.anzcn.org/
Website of the Australian and New Zealand College of Notaries (ANZCN), a membership organisation committed to promoting the highest standards of notarial practice through excellence in education, professional development and support for its members. There is organisational and joining information on the site and a full text copy of the Colleges Constitution. The site also provides a collection of web links to related organisations.
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Australian and New Zealand Law and History E-Journal
http://www.anzlhsejournal.auckland.ac.nz/index.htm
Website of the Australian and New Zealand Law and History E-Journal, the official journal of the Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society (ANZLHS). The site is hosted by the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Issues are available back to 2005 and contain refereed papers, other papers and keynote speeches. Content can be viewed as abstracts or in full text PDF. Recent topics have included the history of Tasmanian child welfare legislation, the teaching of legal history in Australia and abortion law reform in Australia 1967-80. The site also includes contact details for the Editorial Board, news updates and details of past conferences.
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Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society
http://www.waikato.ac.nz/law/anzlhs/
Website of the Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society (ANZLHS) a scholarly society, formed in 1993, and hosted by the University of Waikato in New Zealand. Membership of ANZLHS is drawn from historians, lawyers and academics sharing an interest in the connections between law and history. The site has joining information, details of conferences and competitions along with contact details of the committee members. The Australia and New Zealand Law and History E-Journal can be viewed in full text on the site. There is also a bibliography of materials on legal history in Australia and New Zealand being compiled jointly with the Forbes Society for Australian Legal History and a page of related web links.
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Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law
http://law.anu.edu.au/anzsil/
Website of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL). ANSZIL was established in 1992 and is hosted by the Centre for International and Public Law at the Australian National University and the New Zealand Centre for Public Law at the Victoria University of Wellington. ANZSIL aims to promote and develop the discipline of international law and provide a forum for academics, government lawyers, NGOs, students and practitioners of international law to discuss research and issues of practice in international law. The site has background information about ANZSIL including a copy of the constitution and details of the Executive Council. There is information about past and future events hosted by ANZSIL along with copies of the newsletter which can be downloaded from the site. Articles by members of ANSZIL on international law issues taken from various publications and full text conference papers from past conferences are also provided on the site.
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Commonwealth Legal Information Institute
http://www.commonlii.org/
The Commonwealth Legal Information Institute (CommonLII) is a cooperative legal information initiative led by AustLII (the Australasian Legal Information Institute) providing access to freely available legal materials from all Commonwealth countries. CommonLII contains over 400 databases providing case law, legislation, treaties and law reform reports from more than 50 Commonwealth and common law countries and territories. Some of these materials are held by other Legal Information Institutes including AustLII (Australia), BAILII (United Kingdom), CanLII (Canada), CyLaw (Cyprus), HKLII (Hong King), NZLII (New Zealand), PacLII (Pacific Islands) and SAFLII (South Africa). A catalogue of Web links to key legal Websites is available for all Commonwealth countries. Information can be browsed by country or searched using a sophisticated search engine which enables searching within the databases, the Web catalogue and on Google for all Commonwealth countries. There is also a category which covers the Commonwealth as a whole. Links are given to WorldLII and to the other Legal Information Institutes.
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Council of Australasian Tribunals
http://www.coat.gov.au/
Website of the Council of Australasian Tribunals (COAT) the umbrella body for Australian and New Zealand tribunals. The aim of COAT is to provide training and support for tribunals, provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and to develop best practice based on collective experience. The site has a copy of the COAT constitution and a selection of background papers. Details of executive members and forthcoming events are also provided. There is a page devoted to each chapter with contact details, events and other local information. A register of tribunals is available on the site in PDF and Word formats giving contact details for each tribunal and a summary of its activities.
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Court of Appeal of New Zealand decisions
http://www.nzlii.org/nz/cases/NZCA/
An NZLII (New Zealand Legal Information Institute) web database providing free public access to selected full text decisions from the New Zealand Court of Appeal. The service includes decisions released by the Court from 1978 onwards. Full database search options, case name search and browsing alphabetically by party name or by year are available. NZLII is a joint project of the University of Otago Faculty of Law, the Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law and the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII).
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Courts of New Zealand
http://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/
Official website of the Courts of New Zealand the body responsible for the administration of the courts and tribunals of New Zealand including the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court and District Court. The website includes background information on the role, structure and history of the courts and explains the functions of the Judicial Committees and the Rules Committee. There is also information on the judges and the role of the Chief Justice. Sections covering the individual courts provide legislation, daily lists and case summaries.
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Directory of Decisions
http://www.waikato.ac.nz/library/resources/law/dir_intro.shtml
The Directory of Decisions is made available by the Law Library at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. The Directory provides information on the various courts, tribunals, statutory authorities, ombudsmen, panels and commissioners who make legal or quasi-legal decisions. Records give information regarding the jurisdiction of the bodies, governing legislation and availability of decisions. There are also contact details, links to individual wesbites and full text decisions where available.
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Employment Court of New Zealand
http://www.justice.govt.nz/courts/employment-court
Official website of the New Zealand Employment Court which has jurisdiction over all matters relating to employment disputes. The site provides information on the history, role and structure of the court and gives an outline of the key pieces of legislation that resulted in the setting up of the Court. There is guidance on taking a case to the Employment Court including a link to the full text of the Employment Court Regulations 2000. All the related forms are available to download. Full text judgements are available from 2006 onwards and can be downloaded in PDF. The most important decisions taken by the Court are highlighted. The names of all the judges sitting at the Court are given going back to 1894 when the court was first set up as the Court of Arbitration.
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Fee Fie Foe Firm
http://www.feefiefoefirm.com/
Website of Fee Fie Foe Firm a law firm search engine developed by Damien MacRae in Australia. The purpose of Fee Fie Foe Firm is to facilitate access to law firm websites and services focusing on information such as firm profiles, practitioner profiles, media releases, legal news and updates, case notes and other expert legal analysis and newsletters, bulletins and other publications. Jurisdictions currently covered by the site are the United States, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa and United Kingdom. Searching is by keyword with the option to limit results to material added in the last 24 hours through to material added in the last five years. For some jurisdictions it is possible to restrict results to include references to people, expertise, publications and media releases only. The site is currently under development.
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IpsofactoJ.com
http://www.ipsofactoj.com
IpsofactoJ.com is a free online resource provided by Malaysian company Taiking. Selected decisions from the courts of Australia, Brunei, Canada, England and Wales, Hong Kong, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and the United States are available back to 2000 arranged by date. There are also selected decisions from the appeal courts and high courts of Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore along with older decisions from the year 1978 to 1993.
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Maori Land Legislation Database
http://magic.lbr.auckland.ac.nz/dbtw-wpd/mll/basic.htm
Database providing bibliographic references to Maori land legislation made freely available online by the library at the University of Auckland. The database can be searched by keyword or date or browsed by date and provides access to New Zealand legislation back to 1840 affecting Maori land. The full record provides title, year, type of act, details of amendments, whether the legislation is in force, commentary, subjects covered and highlights the sections relevant to the search terms used. There is help with searching and use of parameters.
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Maori Land Legislation Database
http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/dbtw-wpd/mll/basic.htm
The Maori Land Legislation Database is made freely available by Dr David Williams who is associate professor in law at the University of Auckland and the University of Auckland library. This searchable database has summaries of New Zealand legislation which has affected Maori land and extends back to 1840. The database includes public, private and local acts and acts relating to gold, wasteland and harbours. Legislation can be searched by keyword or date and the records are displayed with brief or full details. Some records contain just the title and date while others include citation, amendments and commentary. The separate lists of gold, wasteland and harbour acts do not have links to the full record and have to be pasted into the search screen.
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Maori Law Review
http://www.bennion.co.nz/mlr/index.html
Website for Maori Law Review, a monthly periodical reporting law affecting Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand/Aotearoa. The Review covers decisions of the Maori Land Court and general courts, reports of the Waitangi Tribunal and publications of government and law schools. The Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 and related law; legislative, regulatory and rule changes are also covered. The site complements the printed version and contains the full-text of all issues from December 1993 onwards except the latest few months. A site search engine is available. Subscription details for the printed version are also available.
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Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand
http://www.mlaanz.org/
Website of the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand (MLAANZ) a professional organisation whose members include lawyers, academics, ship owners, surveyors and insurers. The site provides information about the association including it's history, activities, directors and awards. Contact details for office holders are given and the composition of various MLAANZ committees concerned with arrest convention, marine insurance, international conventions and piracy. Some of the committees have produced reports which are available as PDF documents. There is a page of links to other maritime law associations and educational and governmental bodies related to maritime law. MLAANZ's constitution, journal and newsletter are available to download from the site. Parts of the site are restricted to members only.
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New Zealand Gazette
http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-New-Zealand-Gazette-
Online version of the New Zealand Gazette, the official newspaper of the Government of New Zealand, published on the Department of Internal Affairs website. The publication includes commercial and government notices including information relating to business proceedings and bankruptcies. There are also land transfer notices, departmental and parliamentary notices. Issues are available to browse from 1993 onwards and can be downloaded in HTML or PDF. Notices can be searched using a keyword search option or grouped by act of parliament, date or category.
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New Zealand Government
http://www.govt.nz/
Website of the New Zealand Government portal which provides access to government and local government information and services. Links to government agencies and services are arranged alphabetically and by a range of subject headings which include business, education, employment, farming, housing, law, social welfare, sport and taxation. These subject headings provide links to documents, forms, legislation and statistics made available on different government websites. There is a section advising people on how they can participate in government by commenting on consultation documents, contacting a member of parliament or making a submission to a Select Committee. There is background information about New Zealand covering history, society, the system of government, tourist information and living, working and studying in New Zealand.
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New Zealand Human Rights Commission
http://www.hrc.co.nz/
Website of the Human Rights Commission in New Zealand, offering background information on the function, personnel and organisation of the Commission with notes on the complaints process. The site offers opinions and decisions on complaints, texts of research papers, reports and submissions from the HRC and electronic versions of press releases, publications, and recent human rights speeches and addresses. Information is also provided on the international human rights movement with links to other human rights sites. Interfaces for a range of languages are provided.
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New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation Inc
http://www.iscr.org.nz/
The New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation Inc (ISCR) is a research institute focusing on competition and regulatory issues and is based at the Victoria University of Wellington. The site gives profiles of research associates at the Institute and makes ISCR publications freely available for download. These include seminar presentations from workshops and conferences and full text copies of completed research papers from 1997 onwards. Publications can be searched or browsed on the site and include topics such as competition law, the role of cooperatives in New Zealand agriculture and the regulation of infrastructure industries. Documents are provided in a range of formats. The most recent edition of the ISCR's newsletter, Competition and Regulation Times can be downloaded and provides details of research being carried out at Institute. Abstracts of articles from earlier issues can also be viewed.
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New Zealand Law Commission
http://www.lawcom.govt.nz/
Website for the New Zealand Law Commission, an independent law reform agency established by statute in 1985 to undertake the systematic review, reform and development of New Zealand law. The site provides details of projects the Commission is undertaking including the terms of reference, current status and any related publications. Areas of law currently being looked at include search and surveillance powers, review of privacy and criminal defences (insanity and infanticide). Full-text copies of the Commission's publications back to 1997 can be viewed in HTML or PDF. These include preliminary papers, press releases and final reports arranged by date and publication type. There is a page of links to other New Zealand legal sites and to law reform bodies in other countries.
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