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Westlaw New Zealand Guide - Creating Alerts 

This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to create a publication alert, search alert and case alert in Westlaw.

There are three different types of alerts available in Westlaw: 

  1. Publication Alert:  A Publication Alert will notify you of any updates to a publication.  This is most commonly used in conjunction with the Alert24 News & Current awareness publications.
  2. WestClip Alert:  A WestClip search Alert will notify you of any new documents that are added to Westlaw that match your search criteria.   
  3. KeyCite Alert:  A KeyCite Alert will notify you of any subsequent citing references or changes to the litigation history of a case. 

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Content highlight: Adams – Offences and Defences: Wage theft is now a crime

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Commentary to the Crimes Act 1961 has been updated in response to the amendments by the Crimes (Theft by Employer) Amendment Act 2025 (in force 14 March 2025) making it a criminal offence for employers to intentionally withhold pay.

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New book forthcoming – Tikanga Māori and State Law

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The author writes that “Tikanga Māori and State Law came about as a way to support the Aotearoa New Zealand law schools’ responses to the new tikanga Māori requirements for the LLB degree”.

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Legislation added to Westlaw New Zealand: March 2025

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The following recent Acts, Bills and subordinate legislation are now available on Westlaw New Zealand. Legislation can also be found using the legislation search page. Bills can be found using the bills search page.

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Is legal aid administrative work a “legal aid service”?

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The Court of Appeal has considered whether administrative work by a legal aid provider under a legal aid grant is eligible for legal aid funding in Legal Services Commissioner v Fawcett [2025] NZCA 63, a 45-page judgment delivered on 21 March 2025 and available now on Westlaw New...

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Supreme Court of New Zealand - recent judgments: March 2025

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A summary of decisions delivered in March 2025 by the Supreme Court, available on Westlaw New Zealand.

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Resource Management Legislative Developments

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Recent developments include:

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