Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand

Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand provides a detailed description of New Zealand’s parliamentary practice. It is an authoritative text for use by members of Parliament, public servants, academics, parliamentary officers and other working professionals who have an interest in Parliament, such as the legal profession.

This fourth edition incorporates a decade of developments since the third edition in 2005, and reflects many significant changes in parliamentary law, practice and procedure, including:

the Parliamentary Privilege Act 2014
how the House and its committees conduct legislative and financial scrutiny
the use of extended sittings by the House
the increased role of the Business Committee to manage the transaction of parliamentary business
how the work of the House and its committees is communicated to the public.
This new edition features an attractive design and accessible structure, with extensive indexing and references.