Guidelines in the APA manual relate to American legislation and it is not possible to use this format for other countries legal material. See the examples below for the library's suggestion on how to cite and reference New Zealand and other country’s legislation.
Please contact you lecturer to see if they wish you to use another form of reference for New Zealand legal material
Statute/Act
Health and Safety in Employment Act, New Zealand Statutes. (1992).
In text citation Health and Safety in Employment Act (1992).
Section of a Statute
Health and Safety in Employment Act, New Zealand Statutes s48 (1992).
In text citation (Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, s48).
Statute taken from a subscription database
Health and Safety in Employment Act, New Zealand Statutes. (1992). Retrieved November 22, 2011 from Brookers online database
In text citation (Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992).
Statute taken from a website
Health and Safety in Employment Act, New Zealand Statutes. (1992). Retrieved November 22, 2011 from http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1992/0096/Latest/DLM278829.html
In text citation (Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992).
Bill
Public Health Bill 2007 (No. 177-1)
In text citation (Public Health Bill 2007, No. 117-1)
Bill taken from a website
Public Health Bill 2007 (No. 177-1). Retrieved November 22, 2011 from http://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2007/0177/latest/DLM1385800.html?search=ts_bill_health_resel&p=1&sr=1
Case
Case information should contain the parties names (in italics) the year of reporting (in [] brackets) and the case subject abbreviation and number
| New Zealand Law Reports | NZLR |
| New Zealand Tax Cases | NZTC |
| New Zealand Employment Law Cases | NZELC |
| New Zealand Company Law Reports | NZCLR |
| New Zealand Business Cases | NZBC |
Hunt v Muollo [2003] 2 NZLR 322
In text citation (Hunt v Muollo [2003] 2 NZLR 322)
Case from a subscription database
Hunt v Muollo [2003] 2 NZLR 322. Retrieved from Lexis Nexis database
In text citation (Hunt v Muollo [2003] 2 NZLR 322)
Case from the internet
BP Australia Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation [1965] 112 CLR 386. Retrieved from http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/high_ct/112clr386.html
In text citation (BP Australia Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation [1965] 112 CLR 386)
Italics : The names of the parties involved in a case should be in Italics
Capitalization : Captialise each word of the title of a Statute/Act or a Bill.
Splitting a URL : If your URL needs to be split do not insert a hyphen. Break the URL before a punctuation mark. Do not add a full stop at the end of URL as this may appear to be part of the URL and cause retrieval problems.