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Nau mai, haere mai to the WikiProject New Zealand Law task force. The aim of this sub-project is to improve the coverage of New Zealand law-related articles.

New Zealand law articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
GA 1 1 2 1 5
B 1 2 7 6 16
C 3 8 20 19 66 116
Start 4 6 11 25 184 230
Stub 2 16 339 357
List 2 2 20 24
Category 62 62
Project 4 4
Template 7 7
NA 6 6
Other 1 1
Assessed 11 17 44 67 80 609 828
Total 11 17 44 67 80 609 828
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 3,814 Ω = 5.27

Scope

The scope of this sub-project covers all New Zealand law-related topics, for example:

However, this does not include:

If you are in doubt whether something falls under the scope of this sub-project, just ask.

Task force membership

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To join the task force, place the following userbox on your userpage:

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Task force participants

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WikiProject banners

The Talk pages of articles that are within the scope of this project should be tagged with banners for WikiProject New Zealand (WPNZ) and WikiProject Law, within a WikiProject banner shell. The WPNZ template should include |law=yes|law-importance=.

{{WikiProject banner shell|class=|
{{WikiProject New Zealand|importance=|law=yes|law-importance=}}
{{WikiProject Law |importance=}}
}}

Importance to the law task force can be set in the law-importance= parameter. For example, for an article of 'low' importance for WPNZ as a whole, but 'mid' importance for the law project, the full WPNZ entry would look like this: {{WikiProject New Zealand|importance=low|law=yes|law-importance=mid}}. See WP:WikiProject New Zealand/Assessment for more information.

Many articles will be needed to be tagged with the law task force parameter.

Assessment results in articles are included in the table at the top of this page. The table is updated by a bot only about once a day, so when you assess an article, the table does not update immediately.

Stub templates

For stub class articles, apply one of these three templates at the bottom of the article:

To do

Guidelines for layout of articles

Article naming and lead

The naming of articles should follow WP:TITLE (Wikipedia article title policy) and WP:NCNZ (New Zealand naming conventions for article titles).

When creating an article for an act, use its title, inclusive of the year (e.g. Abortion Legislation Act 2020). For acts passed before 2000, use its short title rather than its long title, and include its long title in the infobox. Acts passed on or after 2000 do not have long titles.

An example of an opening sentence to an article about an act is:

The Abortion Legislation Act 2020 is a statute of the New Zealand Parliament that [succinctly summarise what the act does/covers]. [Additional information summarising article content, if applicable].

When creating an article an article for a court case, use the case's full title as displayed on NZLII. Ensure that you follow guidance for case names as in the New Zealand Law Style Guide. An example good article about a NZ court case is Make It 16 Incorporated v Attorney-General, and example introduction of a court case in the lead is:

Make It 16 Incorporated v Attorney-General [2022] NZSC 134 is a decision of the [court name, make sure to wikilink—e.g., Supreme Court of New Zealand] which [explain outcome of case]. [Additional information summarising article content, if applicable].

Infoboxes

Acts

For legislation after 2000, do not include a long title in the infobox as these have not been used since prior to 2000. However, when adding long titles for pre-2020 legislation ensure that you are using the long title as written in the legislation and not elsewhere.

Infobox legislation example
{{infobox legislation
| short_title    = Local Electoral Act 2001
| legislature    = [[New Zealand Parliament]]
| date_assented  = 29 May 2001
| date_commenced = 1 July 2001
| introduced_by  = [[Sandra Lee-Vercoe]]
| 1st_reading    = 13 December 2000
| 2nd_reading    = 15 May 2001
| committee_whole = 17, 22, 23 May 2001
| 3rd_reading    = 23 May 2001
| related        = [[Local Government Act 2002]]<br/>[[Electoral Act 1993]]
| status         = in force
| image = Coat of arms of New Zealand.svg
}}
Local Electoral Act 2001
New Zealand Parliament
Assented to29 May 2001
Commenced1 July 2001
Legislative history
Introduced bySandra Lee-Vercoe
First reading13 December 2000
Second reading15 May 2001
Committee of the whole17, 22, 23 May 2001
Third reading23 May 2001
Related legislation
Local Government Act 2002
Electoral Act 1993
Status: In force

Court cases

Infobox court case example
{{Infobox court case
| name = Make It 16 Incorporated v Attorney-General
| court = [[Supreme Court of New Zealand]]
| date_filed = 
| image = Coat of arms of New Zealand.svg
| date decided = 21 November 2022
| full name = 
| citations = {{Cite NZLII|year=2022|court=NZSC|num=134}}
| judges = [[Helen Winkelmann|Winkelmann]] CJ, [[Susan Glazebrook|Glazebrook]], [[Mark O'Regan|O'Regan]], [[Ellen France|France]] and [[Stephen Kós|Kós]] JJ
| prior actions = {{Cite NZLII|year=2021|court=NZCA|num=681}}<br />{{Cite NZLII|year=2020|court=NZHC|num=2630}}
| subsequent actions = 
| opinions = '''appeal allowed; declarations granted'''<br /><small>(per Winkelmann CJ, Glazebrook, O'Regan and France JJ)</small><br />'''dissent'''<br /> <small>(Kós J)</small>
| Keywords = [[Voting age]], [[Electoral law]], [[New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990]]
|italic title=no
}}
Make It 16 Incorporated v Attorney-General
CourtSupreme Court of New Zealand
Decided21 November 2022
Citation[2022] NZSC 134.
Case history
Prior actions[2021] NZCA 681.
[2020] NZHC 2630.
Court membership
Judges sittingWinkelmann CJ, Glazebrook, O'Regan, France and Kós JJ
Case opinions
appeal allowed; declarations granted
(per Winkelmann CJ, Glazebrook, O'Regan and France JJ)
dissent
(Kós J)
Keywords
Voting age, Electoral law, New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990

Article sections

Most of the law task force act or court case articles will follow, respectively, the following article structure:

Acts

  • Legislative features (explains the act more in depth)
  • Legislative history or History (may consist of a background sub-heading and sub-headings for some/all of its stages in parliament)

Court cases

  • Background (may consist of general background, as well as sub-headings for any previous action in a lower court, or related cases)
  • Judgment (consists of in-depth coverage of the court's judgment; use sub-headings if there are multiple opinions)
  • Appeal (consists of in-depth coverage of the subsequent appeals and the judgment of those courts; use sub-headings for multiple appeals and opinions within them)
  • Responses (responses to the court's judgment)

Style guidelines

Ensure that you are adhering to WP:MOS. Common style guidelines and additional guidelines with particular relevancy to this task force include:

Resources

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