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Subscription databases are only available using a NZLS Library computer or WiFi network.
New Zealand
Butterworths Current Law
(Lexis Advance)
Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
Dictionary of New Zealand Law
(Lexis Advance)
Hansard from 2003
Historical Hansard
Laws of New Zealand
(Lexis Advance)
Linxplus
(NZ Law Society hosted by Lexis Advance)
New Zealand Forms & Precedents
(Lexis Advance)
New Zealand Gazette
(from September 1993)
New Zealand Gazette
(1946-1992)
New Zealand Law Journal
(Lexis Advance)
New Zealand Law Society Library Catalogue
New Zealand Law Style Guide 3rd ed
(The Law Foundation)
New Zealand Legal Words & Phrases
(Lexis Advance)
New Zealand Libraries' catalogue
(Te Puna - public access)
New Zealand Treaties Online
OED (Oxford English Dictionary) - look on local public library website
Ngata Maori Online Dictionary
Te Puna &
Index New Zealand
(only available within main Law Society Libraries)
Australia
Australian Legal Words & Phrases
(Lexis Advance)
Halsbury's Laws of Australia
(Lexis Advance)
Canada
Halsbury's Laws of Canada
(Lexis Advance)
Singapore
Halsbury's Laws of Singapore
(Lexis Advance)
United Kingdom
All England Annual Review
(Lexis Advance)
Halsbury's Annotations
(Lexis Advance)
Halsbury's Laws of England
(Lexis Advance)
UK Official Documents
Words & Phrases Legally Defined
(Lexis Advance)
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