legal
points
The
New Zealand Coinstitution Debate
http://www.constitutional.parliament.govt.nz/
Follow
the debate about our 'constitutional
arrangements' - a website where
you can get actively involved in
discussing if New Zealand should
become a republic.
Office
of The Clerk of House of Representatives
http://www.clerk.parliament.govt.nz/
This
website provides information about
all aspects of Parliament,
for example list of MPs, Electorate
maps, what Select Committee we
have, their membership and the
current topics of discussion. Also
contact details.
Public
Access to Legislation
Project
http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/pal/
Free
access to Acts and regulations
and to Bills.
Paid
Parental Leave
General
Information
http://www.ers.dol.govt.nz/parentalleave/
Entitlement
Calculator
http://www.ers.dol.govt.nz/parentalleave/calculators/index.html
New
Zealand
Law Society
http://www.nz-lawsoc.org.nz/
A
very useful site with information
and links, for exmple How
to make a complaints about
lawyers, Family
Law, Property
Law,
and a large list of fre Law
Awareness Pamphlets.
Health
and
Safety
in
Employment
Act:
Health
and Safety in Employment
Amendment Act 2002 (Factsheets)
http://www.osh.dol.govt.nz/order/catalogue/hse-factsheets.shtml
Citizens
Advice
Bureau
http://www.cab.org.nz/
Offers
information and advice
about all sorts of problems
or questions - all of which
is free. Legal issuesdiscussedonline
include Changing your name,
Court fines, Court procedures
for debt recovery, Disputes
Tribunal, Disputes Tribunal
appeals, Justices of the
Peace and Legal ages.
Find
a Citizens Advice Bureau
in the southern half of
the South Island: http://www.cab.org.nz/bureaux/loc-sth.html
The
Family
Trust
http://www.nz-lawsoc.org.nz/general/lap/Trust.htm
From
New Zealand Law Society.
Finding
a
lawyer
If
you do not have a lawyer:
- ask
friends or relatives
to recommend one to
you;
- look
in the Yellow Pages
under "lawyers" or "barristers
and solicitors";
- inquire
at a citizens advice
bureau or community
law centre;
- check
these websites:
- contact
your local district
law society:
- Canterbury
(03)
366-9184
- Otago
(03)
477-0596
- Southland
(03)
218-8778
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