Law subject guide: NZ government and parliament

A collection of stories, including personal narratives and journalistic articles, collected in 2018.

Two interactive videos relating to the changes in New Zealand land ownership since 1840. Hosted on Stuff, 2018.

Information about our MPs, parties, electorates, parliament and parliamentary business (including Bills, Select Committees, Hansard, journals, papers and petitions)

Searchable database; contains information about the progress of the bill; provides links to the bill itself and to related documents including Hansard debates and Bills Digests.

Standing Orders of the House of Representatives are the rules of procedure for the House and its committees.

Click on Databases > NZ Legislation. Access to the debates starts from 1988-

Hansard is the official report of debate in the House of Representatives. It’s produced by editors, who go into the debating chamber and report what members of Parliament (MPs) say. Fully searchable 2003 onwards.

The Parliamentary Bulletin is published at the end of each sitting week. It contains information about the business of the House and its committees from that week and any prior non-sitting weeks. The Parliamentary Bulletin includes the Journal, information about select committees and their business, the weekly progress of legislation (a record of all bills that have been or are before the House for the current Parliament), and the Leader of the House’s Business statement which briefly outlines bills for consideration in the next sitting week

via Hathi Trust

Online version of David McGee's book.