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| name             = New Zealand Law Reports (NZLR)
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| publisher        = LexisNexis New Zealand Ltd., a division of [[LexisNexis]]
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| media_type       = Print / Online
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The '''New Zealand Law Reports''' ('''NZLR''') are the official law report series of the senior courts of [[New Zealand]] comprising the [[Supreme Court of New Zealand]], [[Court of Appeal of New Zealand]] and [[High Court of New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite book
 | title = New Zealand Law Style Guide
 | publisher = Thomson Reuters
 | edition = 2nd
 | date =2011
 | location = Wellington
 | pages = para 3.1(a)(1)
 | url = http://www.lawfoundation.org.nz/style-guide/index.html
 | isbn = 978-0-86472-744-2
 }}</ref>

==Content==

All Supreme Court decisions are reported with the argument of counsel.<ref>{{cite web
 | title = New Zealand Law Reports
 | publisher = LexisNexis New Zealand Limited
 | url = http://www.lexisnexis.co.nz/en-nz/products/new-zealand-law-reports.page
 | access-date = 18 May 2013
 }}</ref> The reports do not focus on any specialist area of New Zealand law, unlike other specialist reports such as the New Zealand Administrative Reports (NZAR) and the New Zealand Family Law Reports (NZFLR).

==Publication==

The New Zealand Council of Law Reporting (NZCLR) is an incorporated body charged with overseeing the publication of the NZLR. The NZLR is currently published for the Council by LexisNexis New Zealand Ltd.<ref>{{cite web
 | title = New Zealand Law Reports
 | publisher = LexisNexis New Zealand Limited
 | url = http://www.lexisnexis.co.nz/en-nz/products/new-zealand-law-reports.page
 | access-date = 18 May 2013
 }}</ref>

The reports started in 1881 but complete sets have been deemed to start at 1861 and include a number of prior series. The reports are published both in print and online, being released in 18 parts over the year. These parts then make up 3 bound volumes of over 860 pages annually.<ref>{{cite web
 | title = New Zealand Law Reports
 | publisher = LexisNexis New Zealand Limited
 | url = http://www.lexisnexis.co.nz/en-nz/products/new-zealand-law-reports.page
 | access-date = 18 May 2013
 }}</ref>

[[Charles Hutchinson (lawyer)|Charles Hutchinson]] QC (1906–1997) was the editor from 1971 to 1979.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Pierrepont Hutchinson QSO, MBE, QC, 1906–1997 |url= https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/news/people-in-the-law/obituaries/obituaries-list/charles-pierrepont-hutchinson-qso-mbe-qc-1906-1997/ |publisher=[[New Zealand Law Society]] |access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref>

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