[{{{year}}}] {{{COURT}}} {{{num}}}

This template is used to cite cases, legislation and other materials listed in the New Zealand Legal Information Institute (NZLII) database. You should look up the case you wish to cite on NZLII, then refer to the URL of the web page on which the case appears to fill in the information required by the template.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
litigantslitigants

The names of the litigants separated with v (in other words, the case name). This is said as "and" in New Zealand cases, not versus.

Example
Ngan v R
Stringsuggested
linklink

The name of a Wikipedia article about the case.

Example
Ngan v R
Page namesuggested
courtcourt source

The neutral citation code used by NZLII to identify the court that decided the case or series of law reports. The template currently only handles cases decided by the NZHC, NZCA, and NZSC, or reported by the above series of law reports.

Suggested values
NZHC NZCA NZSC
Stringrequired
yearyear

The year of the decision

Example
2007
Numberrequired
numnum

The case number

Example
105
Unknownrequired
pinpointpinpoint

The page or paragraph number at which information or a quotation you are referring to appears. For paragraph numbers, use "[42]" for example, whereas for a page input solely the page number, use "8", for example. When referring to a range of pages or paragraph numbers, separate the starting and ending numbers with an en dash like this: "[43]–[56]".

Stringdeprecated
datedate

The date that the case was decided. You may enter the date in any format accepted by the template {{date}}, such as "9 October 1998" or "1998-10-09". It will appear a day-month-year format.

Stringoptional
parallelciteparallelcite

Parallel citations to the case. If there is more than one parallel citation, separate the citations with commas, like this: "[2011] 2 N.Z.L.R. 726, (2011) 25 N.Z.T.C. 20-037".

Stringoptional
courtnamecourtname

The court that decided the case. The name of the court can be wikilinked, like this: "[[Supreme Court of New Zealand|Supreme Court]]". To have the template automatically indicate the court and jurisdiction of a case, type "courtname=auto".

Stringoptional
jurisjuris

The jurisdiction that decided the case, such as "New Zealand". It is unnecessary to use this parameter if you are already using "courtname=auto".

Unknownoptional
paragraphparagraph

Citation of specific paragraph numbers

Example
12 or 12–16
Numbersuggested
pagepage

Citation of specific page, do not include this if you are citing a specific paragraph

Suggested values
2 or 3–7
Unknownsuggested