The principal legislation dealing with the protection of asylum seekers in New Zealand is the Immigration Act 2009. The official and most up to date version of the Act is on the New Zealand Legislation website. The relevant provisions are contained in Part Five (ss124-152) Refugee and protection status determinations.
New Zealand refugee and asylum cases are heard in the following courts and tribunal:
Selected refugee decisions (which are usually described as 'leading' decisions) from all NZ courts and the Tribunal are available on:
RefNZ provides links to free full-text articles and commentary on New Zealand refugee law.
The NZ Refugee Research Directory website includes recent full text annotated bibliographies and literature reviews on refugee issues - for example Rights-based approaches to mental health services with refugees: An annotated bibliography (2010)
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