Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations - New York ...

Cite bills in the same way as acts but do not italicize the title:
128
Forests Amendment Bill 1992.
2.3 Treaties and Conventions
Cite treaties and conventions, as described in Section 1.0 on Treaties and Conventions (on page
266), filling in the source information with the New Zealand treaty series by year, abbreviated
title (“N.Z.T.S.”), and treaty number:
[Treaty information], 1950 N.Z.T.S. No. 1, [date of entry, etc.].
3.0 Jurisprudence
Cite cases by name of the parties [first plaintiff and defendant only, separated by “v”]
(italicized), year, volume, title of the reporter in which the case is published (often abbreviated),
first page of the case, and page referenced.
Where appropriate the author(s) of the judgment may be identified in parentheses after the page
number. Cite the year in square brackets instead of parentheses if the case appears in a report in
which volumes are organized by year. When available, citations should be made to the New
Zealand Law Reports (NZLR):
Estate Realities Ltd v Wignall [1992] 2 NZLR 615, 631 (Tipping J).
3.1 Maori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
Cite decisions as above, using minute book references:
Re Wharekawa East 4A and K Waaka (1983) 207 Rotorua MB 212.
The abbreviations of minute books are:
Minute Book (MB)
Appellate Court Minute Book (ACMB)
Chief Judge’s Minute Book (CJMB)
3.2 Waitangi Tribunal
Cite reports of the Waitangi Tribunal in the same way as books:
4.0 Books
Waitangi Tribunal, The Taranaki Report – Kaupapa Tuatahi (1996).
Cite books by name of the author(s) [first name, family name], title (italicized), edition, year (in
parentheses), and page referenced: