In response to the Kaikōura earthquake the New Zealand Government enacted a number of statutes and secondary legislation. 

You will be able to locate these through the following three databases: 

This list includes legislation that has been repealed or has expired. You will need to view each individual statute or legislative instrument to confirm their current status.

This list has been complied using the annual tables of legislative instruments and Acts available from the Parliamentary Counsel Office.

Statutes

• Hurunui/Kaikōura Earthquakes Emergency Relief Act 2016
• Hurunui/Kaikōura Earthquakes Recovery Act 2016

Secondary Legislation

• Hurunui/Kaikōura Earthquakes Recovery (Coastal Route and Other Matters) Order 2016
• Hurunui/Kaikōura Earthquakes Recovery (Local Government Act 2002—Kaikoura District 3-Year Plan) Order 2018
• Hurunui/Kaikōura Earthquakes Recovery (Rating Valuations Act—Kaikoura District Council) Order 2017
• Hurunui/Kaikōura Earthquakes Recovery (Unreinforced Masonry Buildings) Order 2017
• Hurunui/Kaikōura Earthquakes Recovery (Unreinforced Masonry Buildings) Amendment Order 2018
• Tax Administration (Hurunui/Kaikoura Earthquakes) Order 2016
• Tax Administration (Information Sharing—Hurunui/Kaikoura Earthquakes) Order 2016

Bills

The Kaikōura earthquake led to a number number of cases in relation to both the insurance cover of and repairs to commercial and residential property. 

Finding earthquake judgments

When finding a case, you will usually be given the citation. This is the formal method of referring to a reported case and will follow a citation convention. The citation includes the names of the parties before the court, the date and often a report series and page number.

To find a cited case, try the following four step process:

1. Examine the citation to identify the abbreviation of the law report series
2. Determine the full title of the law report series using the Cardiff index to legal abbreviations
3. Search for the full title of the law report series using a “title begins with” search in the Library Catalogue
4. Locate the law report online or on the shelf in the Central Library.

If you don’t have a citation, you can use the party names, court file number and/or information about your case in WestlawNZ, Lexis Advance or on NZLII.

If you cannot find what you need, please contact the Law Subject Librarians – Theresa Buller and John Arnold.

You can:

• ​email us at law@libr.canterbury.ac.nz
• phone us at 3693852 or
• chat with us on AskLIVE.