New Zealand Law Society - Library charges

Library charges

All prices are exclusive of GST.

Research charges

  • $20 per document request plus photocopying
  • $46 per 15-minute unit of legal research plus photocopying
  • 30c per page for photocopying

Urgent fee

  • $30 per document requested (within 2 hours)
  • $70 per 15-minute unit of legal research (within 24 hours)

Note: Provision of urgent research will depend on sufficient capacity at the time a request is made

Additional charges

$12 per item for:

  • reference checking
  • liaison with other libraries

Inter-library loans

Items requested from another library:

  • $50 for non urgent interloan
  • $70 for urgent interloan
  • International Interloans: $50 plus extra charges by supplying library

Requests supplied to other libraries:

  • $25 for non urgent supply
  • $50 for urgent supply


Gowns for daily court use

  • Daily hire of $18 per working day 

Room hire

Wellington Library has a meeting room available for hire for the day or less. The meeting room seats six around a table and up to nine.

  • Cost is $100 plus GST per day.