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Westlaw New Zealand

Contains up to date New Zealand legal information and offers full text for most areas of law in New Zealand including bills, statutes, regulations and case law.  Strengths include commentary on the following topics: Accounting; Commercial Law; Criminal Law; Employment Law; Dispute Resolution; Environmental Law;  Family Law; and Company & Securities Law. About this resource

LexisNexis' Research

A selection of legal databases grouped by subject, that provide full-text coverage and commentary of legislation and case law in New Zealand. Strengths are: Company Law; Family Law; Industrial and Employment Law; New Zealand Law Reports; and Laws of New Zealand. About this resource

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CCH iKnowConnect

This database has legislation, commentary and resources relevant to the following areas: Business Law; Company, Corporate and Securities Law; Property and Conveyancing; Tax and GST; Occupational Health and Safety; and Trusts and Estates Law. About this resource

New Zealand Legislation

Free access to New Zealand legislation, owned and provided by the New Zealand Parliamentary Counsel Office/Te Tari Tohutohu Pāremata (PCO), which is responsible for drafting and publishing most of New Zealand's legislation.

WorldLII - World Legal Information Institute

Provides free access to full text worldwide law cases, commentary and legislation. Search over 1800 databases from 123 jurisdictions via 14 Legal Information Institutes, including

• NZLII- New Zealand Legal Information Institute
• AustLII – Australasian Legal Information Institute
• PacLII – Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute

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Concepts and definitions

A Dictionary of Law
10th ed., 2022. Part of Oxford Reference, which includes other law-related dictionaries.

Black's Law Dictionary
11th ed., 2019.

New Zealand Dictionary of Law via LexisNexis. Also known as the New Zealand Law Dictionary.

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Background information

The Laws of New Zealand
via LexisNexis. A comprehensive encyclopedia that provides an overview of the whole of the law in New Zealand - statutory, regulatory and judicial. Regularly updated.

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Referencing and writing

New Zealand Law Style Guide

Legal citations

Referencing other material in APA style: Acts of Parliament

Referencing other material in MLA style: Acts of Parliament

Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
Identify abbreviations of law reports and journals. Includes New Zealand coverage.

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Scopus

A multidisciplinary database that indexes an extensive collection of research literature with good coverage of New Zealand and international law.

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Google Scholar

Useful for New Zealand research and reports, including legal topics.

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Discover

Searches selected article databases simultaneously.  There is good coverage of both New Zealand and international law topics.

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