New Zealand Law Society - Databases

Databases

Your Law Society Library subscribes to a comprehensive collection of premium legal databases for use by all NZ legal practitioners.  Use the links below to access all areas of New Zealand law, alongside material from Australia, Canada, Singapore, the UK and USA jurisdictions. 

See Law Society Terms and Conditions for database access and use.

See also Law Society Terms and Conditions for library computer and wifi use.

Library catalogue

Databases

Westlaw and Lexis+ require your Registry ID and password. This only needs to be entered once per session to allow access to both databases.

  • Westlaw NZ - Thomson Reuters
  • Lexis+ - LexisNexis
  • LexisNexis Protege - Only accessible on your own device.
    For legal research, drafting, summarising and workflow tools. 
    Select Protege on the lefthand side of the main Lexis+ screen. See resources here for more information. 

  • Argument Analyser - LexisNexis
  • CCH iKnowConnect - Wolters Kluwer (tax, business, employment, property and other practice areas)
  • Globe Law - 300+ Ebook collection from Globe Law & Business 
  • HeinOnline - 3,000+ scholarly journals (only available in Auckland, Canterbury, Wellington libraries)
  • ICLR - Incorporated Council of Law Reporting (UK cases)
  • Lexis RED - NZ legal texts on demand (contact library for personal login) 
  • Linxplus - LexisNexis - judgments and journal index database (archived version as at 31.03.2026).
  • NZLII - New Zealand Legal Information Institute

All subscribed content

  • All content - alphabetical list of all legal content, titles and report series included within the subscription databases. 

By jurisdiction

By practice area/topic