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Head of State

The Sovereign Queen Elizabeth II
Governor General (the Queen’s representative in New Zealand)

Parliament

• Guide to finding Parliamentary Publications

Parliament is made up of The Sovereign and the House of Representatives. The House of Representatives is made up of the Members of Parliament. The job of Parliament is to make the laws.

• New Zealand parliament website
• Parliamentary Business
• Research papers (created by the Parliamentary Library)
• Parliamentary Counsel Office

Legislative Process

• Bills Digests (created by the Parliamentary Library)
• Current Bills
• Historic Bills (NZLII)
• New Zealand Legislation (from the Parliamentary Counsel Office)
• Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
• Legislation Advisory Committee (guidelines)
  
  See also Finding Legislation from the Law Subject Guide.

Government

A Government (also known as the Executive) is made up of members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Governor-General as Ministers of the Crown. The role of the Government is to administer the laws.

• Beehive.govt.nz (website of the New Zealand Government)
• Briefing Papers to the Incoming Government (1996– )
• New Zealand government online (all government websites in one place)

Government Support

• Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Crown Law Office
• Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives
• Office of the Ombudsmen
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• Ministry of Justice

Official Information

• Directory of Official Information
• New Zealand Gazette(Official newspaper of the NZ Government)
  • New Zealand Gazette Archive (1841–2006)
  • New Zealand Gazette On-line (1993– )
• New Zealand Official Yearbook online

Judiciary

The judiciary (the Courts) interprets the laws made by Parliament.

Local Government

• Local Councils New Zealand
• Local Government New Zealand

Statistics

• New Zealand Statistics
• Statistics New Zealand – Customised data requests