Constitution

• New Zealand's Constitution (external link) (Governor-General)
• Treaty of Waitangi (external link) (Waitangi Tribunal)
• Constitution Act, 1986 (external link) (New Zealand Parliamentary Counsel Office)
• International Constitutional Law: New Zealand (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers the basic constitutional laws
• On the Constitution of New Zealand: An Introduction to the Foundations of the Current Form of Government (external link) (New Zealand Cabinet Office) summary of New Zealand's constitutional arrangements, including links to relevant legislation
• WIPO Lex: New Zealand Constitution Act 1986 (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)

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Executive

• Governor-General (external link)
• Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (external link)
• New Zealand Government (external link)
• New Zealand Government Search (external link) includes a Filter by Government 1993 to 2008 (external link) archival option

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Judicial

• Courts of New Zealand Official Site (external link)
• Supreme Court Decisions (external link) (Courts of New Zealand)
• Judicial Decisions of Public Interest (external link) (Courts of New Zealand)
• New Zealand Legislation and Cases (external link) (University of Waikato Law Library)
• NZLII Databases (external link) court decisions; also includes legislation, treaties, and law journals

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Legislative

• PARLIAMENT: House of Representatives (external link)
• New Zealand Legislation (external link) (New Zealand Parliamentary Office) includes acts, bills, and regulations
• New Zealand Acts of Parliament (external link) (Knowledge Basket Research Archives)
• NZLII Databases (external link) legislation; also includes court decisions, treaties, and law journals
• FAOLEX: New Zealand (external link) (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) database of national laws and regulations on food, agriculture, and renewable natural resources.
• NATLEX: New Zealand (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security, and related human rights
• RefWorld Legal Information: New Zealand (external link) (UNHCR)
• WIPO Lex: New Zealand (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)

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Legal Guides

• Global Legal Information Catalog: New Zealand (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Global Legal Monitor: New Zealand (Law Library of Congress)
• In Custodia Legis: New Zealand (Law Library of Congress)
  • Centenary of the Landing at Anzac Cove During World War I
  • FALQs: New Zealand’s Flag Referendums
  • Fingerprint Evidence Leads to Murder Conviction and Execution (in 1920 New Zealand)
  • It’s Official! Online Versions of New Zealand and Australian Legislation are Authoritative
  • New Zealand Constitutional Law – Global Legal Collection Highlights
• Law Library of Congress Legal Reports: New Zealand (Law Library of Congress)
  • Constitutional Right to an Education: New Zealand
  • New Zealand: ‘Climate Change Refugee’ Case Overview
  • New Zealand: General Elections
  • New Zealand: Mâori Culture and Intellectual Property Law
  • Regulation of Campaign Finance and Free Advertising: New Zealand
  • Regulation of Drones: New Zealand
• Law Library of Congress Search: New Zealand (Library of Congress)
• Legal Research Guide: Māori Customary Law (Law Library of Congress)
• Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
• FindLaw New Zealand (external link)
• Foreign Law by Jurisdiction: New Zealand (external link) (New York University Law Library)
• Foreign Official Gazette Database: New Zealand (external link) (Center for Research Libraries)
• ForIntLaw: New Zealand (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
• International Judicial Assistance: New Zealand (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Law Access (external link) (New Zealand Ministry of Justice. Legal Services)
• New Zealand Law Society (external link) includes a helpful For the Community (external link) section
• Update: An Introduction to New Zealand Law & Sources of Information (external link) (GlobaLex)
• World Legal Information Institute: New Zealand (external link) (WorldLII)
• World Legal Materials from Australasia: New Zealand (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
• World Legal Materials from Australasia: Tokelau (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

• Maps: New Zealand (Library of Congress)
• World Digital Library: New Zealand (Library of Congress/UNESCO)
• BBC News: New Zealand Country Profile (external link)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: New Zealand (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: New Zealand (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: New Zealand (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: New Zealand (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Economist Topics: New Zealand (external link)
• Embassy of New Zealand, Washington (external link)
• Fact Sheet: U.S. Relations With New Zealand (U.S. Dept. of State)
• FAO Country Profiles: New Zealand (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
• A Guide to Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations: New Zealand (U.S. Dept. of State. Office of the Historian)
• Human Rights in New Zealand (external link) (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Reports: New Zealand (U.S. Dept. of State)
• National Library of New Zealand (external link)
• U.S. Embassy, Wellington (U.S. Dept. of State)
• U.S. Office of the Trade Representative: New Zealand
• World Factbook: New Zealand (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• World Health Organization: New Zealand (external link)

For more information on New Zealand, see:

• Global Legal Monitor: New Zealand
• Law Library of Congress Search: New Zealand

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Last Updated: 08/16/2017