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(New Zealand Legal Information Institute) - full text database of decisions from 1847
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Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand David McGee (4th ed, 2017)
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RefNZ - New Zealand Refugee Law
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Animal Law Casebook, Riley
Australian & New Zealand Maritime Law Journal
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Capacity & the Law, O'Neill & Peisah
United Kingdom
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Erskine May’s treatise on the law, privileges, proceedings and usage of Parliament (25th edition, 2019)