New Zealand Law/System

Background
based on the Prescription of 31 May 2010

Joseph "Constitutional and Administrative Law in New Zealand" (3rd ed 2007) Palmer "Bridled Power" (4th Ed 2004)

Rule of Law

 * Transport Ministry v Payn (1977)
 * Joseph Ch 6

Seperation of Powers
Joseph Ch 7

Cases

 * Fitzgerald v Muldoon (1976)
 * Shaw v CIR (1999)

Statutes

 * Bill of Rights 1688
 * Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989

Readings
Joseph Ch 14

Statutes

 * Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975
 * Treaty of Waitangi Amendment Act (1985)

Cases

 * /Hoani Te Heu Heu Tukino v Aotea District Maori Land Board/ [1941] AC 308 (PC)
 * Te Weehi v Regional Fisheries Officer (1986)
 * /Huakina Development Trust v Waikato Valley Authority/ (1987)
 * NZ Maori Council v AG (1987)
 * NZ Maori Council v AG (1989)
 * Tainui Maori Trust Board v AG (1989)
 * Te Runanga o Muriwhenua v AG (1990)
 * AG v NZ Maori Council (1992)
 * AG v NZ Maori Council (1994)
 * /Barton-Prescott v Director General of Social Welfare/ (1997)
 * McRitchie v Taranaki Fish and Game Council (1999)
 * Ngati Apa v AG (2003)

Readings
Joseph Ch 3

Statutes

 * Electoral Act 1993
 * New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s3 and s7

Readings
Joseph Ch 10 and 12

Cases

 * Prebble v TVNZ (1994)

Statutes

 * District Courts Act 1947
 * District Courts Amendment Act 1979
 * Judicature Act 1908
 * section 1
 * section 2
 * section 3
 * section 4
 * section 6
 * section 57
 * section 59
 * section 65
 * section 69
 * Judicature Amendment Acts 1972, 1977 & 2007
 * Declaratory Judgments Act 1908 sections 2 to 4 & 7
 * Imperial Laws Application Act 1988
 * Supreme Court Act 2003

Cases

 * Simpson v AG (1955)
 * Ashby v Minister of Immigration (1981)
 * /Tavita v Minister of Immigration/ (1994)
 * Simpson v AG [1994] 3 NZLR 667 [aka Baigent’s Case]
 * Tangiora v Wellington District Legal Services Committee [2000] 1 NZLR 17 (PC)

Readings

 * Joseph Ch 20

Readings
Joseph Ch 18 and 19.3 - 19.5

Statutes

 * Constitution Act 1986 ss 2,3,4,5,16,17,18
 * Letters patent constituting the office of the Governor General 1983/225

Cases
CIR v Medical Council of NZ (1997)

Statutes

 * Constitution Act 1986 s6
 * State Sector Act 1988
 * State Owned Enterprises Act 1986
 * Public Finance Act 1989

Readings
Joseph Ch 19

Palmer Ch 6 and 7

Cases

 * Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Servants (1985)
 * AG v Ahmed Zaoui (2005)
 * University of Auckland v Tertiary Education Commission (2004)
 * Lab Tests Auckland v Auckland DHB (2009)

Statutes

 * High Court Rules, Part 30
 * Judicature Amendment Act 1972, ss 2 - 16
 * New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, ss 22, 23, 27

Readings

 * Joseph ch 21-24
 * "The Judge on your shoulder" Crown Law Office, 2005

Readings

 * Joseph 21.11.3
 * NZ Law Commission Report 34 (1996)
 * Cabinet Office Manual 2008
 * 5.73 & 5.74
 * 7.60 & 7.61
 * 7.112 - 7.122

Cases

 * Ashby v Minister of Immigration (1981)
 * /Tavita v Minister of Immigration/ (1994)
 * Puli’uvea v Removal Review Authority (1996)
 * NZ Airline Pilots’ Association v AG (1997)
 * Sellers v Maritime Safety Inspector (1999)

Statutes
New Zealand Bill of Rights Act, esp s 6, 21, 27, 29

Readings
Joseph, Ch 27

Cases

 * R v Jeffries (1994)
 * Simpson v AG [1994] 3 NZLR 667 [aka Baigent’s Case]
 * Moonen v Film & Literature Board of Review (2000)
 * R v Pora (2001)
 * /R v Shaheed (2002)/
 * Hansen v R (2007)

Statutes
Ombudsmen Act 1975, s5, 20 and 28

Readings
Joseph Ch 11

Statutes

 * Official Information Act 1982
 * Privacy Act 1993
 * Human Rights Act 1993 (as amended 2001)
 * Protected Disclosures Act 2000 (as amended 2009)

Readings

 * Joseph Ch 9
 * Palmer Ch 14

Statutes

 * Interpretation Act 1979
 * Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989

Readings
Burrows "Statute law in New Zealand" (Butterworths, Wellington 2003)