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Legislation in Force

Legislation in Force
NZ Statutes PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	NZ Secondary Legislation PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw

Antiquities Act 1975 (Protected Objects Act 2006) PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Conservation Act 1987 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Crown Forest Assets Act 1989 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Crown Grants Act 1908 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Crown Minerals Act 1991 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Electronic Courts and Tribunals Act 2016 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Land Act 1948 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Land Transfer Act 2017 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Land Transfer Regulations 2002 (Revoked) PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Local Government Act 1974 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Local Government Act 2002 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Māori Affairs Restructuring Act 1989 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Māori Assembled Owners Regulations 1995 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Māori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Māori Fisheries Act 2004 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Māori Incorporations Constitution Regulations 1994 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Māori Land Court Fees Regulations 2013 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Māori Land Court Rules 2011 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Māori Occupation Orders Regulations 1994 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Māori Purposes Act 1983 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Māori Purposes Act 1993 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Māori Purposes Act 2017 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Māori Reservations Regulations 1994 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Māori Reserved Land Act 1955 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Natural and Built Environment Act 2023 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Resource Management Act 1991 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Treaty of Waitangi (Fisheries Claims) Settlement Act 1992 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Treaty of Waitangi (State Enterprises) Act 1988 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Trusts Act 2019 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Waikato Raupatu Claims Settlement Act 1995 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw

Repealed Legislation

Repealed Legislation
Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Historic Places Act 1993 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Māori Affairs Act 1953 Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Māori Affairs Amendment Act 1967 Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Māori Land Court Fees Regulations 1993 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Māori Land Court (Jurisdiction) Order 1996 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw
Māori Land Court Rules 1958 NZLII	Māori Land Court Rules 1994 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw	Native Land Act 1931 NZLII
Trustee Act 1956 PCO \| Lexis Advance \| Westlaw

Historical Legislation as Enacted
NZ Acts as enacted 1841-2007 (NZLII)	NZ Regulations as enacted 1841-2007 (NZLII)
Intestate Natives Succession Act 1861 (NZLII)	Māori Affairs Act 1953 (NZLII)	Māori Affairs Amendment Act 1967 (NZLII)
Māori Affairs Amendment Act 1974 (NZLII)	Māori Affairs Amendment Act 1987 (NZLII)	Māori Affairs Restructuring Act 1989 (NZLII)
Māori Land Amendment Act 1952 (NZLII)	Māori Land Laws Amendment Act 1903 (NZLII)	Māori Lands Administration Act 1900 (NZLII)
Native Circuit Courts Act 1858 (NZLII)	Native Equitable Owners Act 1886 (NZLII)	Native Land Act 1909 (NZLII)
Native Land Administration Act 1886 (NZLII)	Native Land Court Act 1880 (NZLII)	Native Land Court Act 1886 (NZLII)
Native Land Court Act 1894 (NZLII)	Native Land (Validation of Titles) Act 1893 (NZLII)	Native Lands Act 1865 (NZLII)
Native Lands Act 1869 (NZLII)	Native Lands Act 1873 (NZLII)	Native Lands Amendment Act 1868 (NZLII)
Native Lands Amendment Act 1877 (NZLII)	Native Lands Amendment Act 1913 (NZLII)	Native Reserves Act 1882 (NZLII)

Case Law

Case Search (Westlaw)	CaseBase Case and Journal Articles (Lexis Advance)	Judicial Decisions Online
Linxplus (Lexis Advance)	NZ Law Reports (Lexis Advance)	NZLII

Useful Resources

CCH iKnowConnect home page	Laws of NZ (Lexis Advance)	Lexis Advance home page
Māori Land Court Judgments (MoJ Website)	Māori Land Court Minute Book Index (Knowledge Basket)	NZ Law Style Guide (Law Foundation)
NZ Statutes as Enacted (NZLII)	OverDrive (LexisNexis)	Practical Guidance - Trusts (Lexis Advance)
ProView	Westlaw home page

Organisational Websites

Crown Forestry Rental Trust	Effective Governance (Te Puni Kōkiri)	Institute of Directors in NZ
Māori Land Court (MoJ Website)	Ministry for Primary Industries - Māori Customary Fisheries	NZ Gazetteer of place names (Land Information NZ)
Ngā Kaihautū Tikanga Taiao	Statistics NZ	Te Kāhui Māngai (Te Puni Kōkiri)
Te Puni Kōkiri	Waitangi Tribunal (MoJ Website)

Dictionaries

A Dictionary of Māori Legal Terms	A Dictionary of the Māori Language 6th ed (1957)	He Pātaka Kupu
Māori Dictionary Online

Historic Material

Legal Māori Archive (NZ Electronic Text Collection)	Legal Māori Lexicon (NZ Electronic Text Collection)
Māori Land Court Minute Books Index (University of Auckland)	Treaty of Waitangi (NZ History Online)

Māori Resources

Federation of Māori Authorities	Māori Maps	Niupepa - Māori Newspapers (NZ Digital Library) Māori \| English
Whenua Māori Visualisation Tool (Manaaki Whenua)