Template:Cite NZLII

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

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Usage

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

{{cite NZLII
|litigants    = 
|link         = 
|court        = 
|year         = 
|num          = 
|parallelcite = 
|date         = 
|courtname    = 
|juris        = 
}}

("court" can be replaced with "source")

or

{{cite NZLII|litigants=|link=|court=|year=|num=|parallelcite=|date=|courtname=|juris=}}
{{cite NZLII|litigants=|link=|source=|year=|num=|parallelcite=|date=|courtname=|juris=}}

See also

{{Cite AustLII}} {{Cite BAILII}} {{Cite CanLII}} {{Cite CommonLII}}

{{Cite LIIofIndia}} {{Cite SAFLII}} {{Cite WorldLII}}

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This template is used to cite court cases 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]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
litigants	litigants	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	String	suggested
link	link	The name of a Wikipedia article about the case. Example Ngan v R	Page name	suggested
court	court 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	String	required
year	year	The year of the decision Example 2007	Number	required
num	num	The case number Example 105	Unknown	required
pinpoint	pinpoint	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]".	String	deprecated
date	date	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.	String	optional
parallelcite	parallelcite	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".	String	optional
courtname	courtname	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".	String	optional
juris	juris	The jurisdiction that decided the case, such as "New Zealand". It is unnecessary to use this parameter if you are already using "courtname=auto".	Unknown	optional
paragraph	paragraph	Citation of specific paragraph numbers Example 12 or 12–16	Number	suggested
page	page	Citation of specific page, do not include this if you are citing a specific paragraph Suggested values 2 or 3–7	Unknown	suggested
commonname	commonname	The common name of the case, see rule 3.2.1(e) of the New Zealand Law Style Guide Suggested values Baigent's case	Unknown	suggested