Library Guides: New Zealand Law: Starting your NZ legal research

Background information about New Zealand

New Zealand is a common law country with a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. Background information about New Zealand can be found on:

Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - New Zealand
CIA New Zealand Wold Fact Book
includes country information in 80 topic areas under the main headings of Geography, People and Society, Economy, Energy, Communications, Military & Security, Transportation, and Transnational Issues.

New Zealand legal research guides

GlobaLex - New Zealand
Access to New Zealand Law by Margaret Greville
University of Canterbury New Zealand Law LibGuide
Māori Customary Law
Provides information and resources relating to Maori customary law and its place in the New Zealand legal system (Source: The Law Library of Congress).

A great place to start your New Zealand legal research...

The Laws of New Zealand
(available on Lexis+ Australia) is an encyclopaedic resource and a good starting point for any NZ legal research. It is arranged alphabetically by topic and includes up to date commentary, legislation and cases on each topic.

Doing business in New Zealand

Doing Business in New Zealand - from the World Bank
(Open Access) Provides statistics and other measures of business regulations and their enforcement for NZ. The 'Law Library' link on the top menu provides a large collection of business laws and regulations, linking to government sites where possible.
International Comparative Legal Guides - New Zealand
(Open Access) Browse this site by practice area and jurisdiction for information about selected topics in New Zealand law.
Lexology
Lexology covers 8 practice areas spanning air transport, anti-corruption legislation, aviation finance and leasing, construction, franchise, licensing, merger control and telecoms & media