All Law Society offices close from midday on Wednesday 24 December 2025 for the holiday period and re-open at 8.30 am on Monday 5 January 2026. Full details including Library hours are available in our Contact us section on our website.
Westlaw NZ requires a login and password.
These should be on a sign by each NZLS computer, and/or in a text document on the computer desktop.
Contact the Library if you have any issues.
The New Zealand Law Society Library provides legal practitioners (lawyers with a current practising certificate) with a comprehensive collection of subscription databases, providing in-depth information on all areas of New Zealand law, along with a substantial collection of legal information for Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom.
The High Court’s Earthquake Litigation List is updated quarterly and a search for “earthquake list” cases can be performed on the Linxplus database.