Story: Constitution

More links and websites

• Cabinet manual – On the constitution of New Zealand: an introduction to the foundations of the current form of government

  The website of New Zealand’s governor-general.

• Elections New Zealand

  The website of New Zealand’s governor-general.

• The governor-general of New Zealand, Te kāwana tianara o Aotearoa

  The website of New Zealand’s governor-general.

• Inquiry to review New Zealand’s existing constitutional arrangements

  The 2005 report of Constitutional Arrangements Committee, which reviewed New Zealand’s constitutional arrangements.

• New Zealand’s constitution – past, present and future

  This government briefing note looks at the history and future of New Zealand’s constitution (PDF 408KB).

• What is New Zealand’s constitution and who interprets it? Constitutional realism and the importance of public office-holders

  This article by Matthew S. R. Palmer, previously published in the Public Law Review 17 (2006), includes an extensive list of constitutional sources (PDF 631KB).

More suggestions and sources

• James, Colin, ed. Building the constitution. Wellington: Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, 2000.

• Joseph, Philip A. Constitutional and administrative law in New Zealand. 3rd ed. Wellington: Thomson Brookers, 2007.

• Palmer, Geoffrey, and Matthew Palmer. Bridled power: New Zealand's constitution and government. 4th ed. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2004.

• Palmer, Matthew S. R. ‘New Zealand constitutional culture.’ New Zealand Universities Law Review 22 (2007): 565–597.