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This is a partial list of statutes of New Zealand for the period of the Second National Government of New Zealand up to and including part of the first year of the Third Labour Government of New Zealand.

1960s

1961 [1]

• Beachlands Domain Board Empowering Act [2]
• Borough of Port Chalmers Leasing Empowering Act [3]
• Broadcasting Corporation Act [4] Amended: 1965/67/68/70/71
• Carter Trust Act [5]
• Cook County Council Empowering Act [6]
• Crimes Act [7] Amended: 1910/15/20/22/41/50/52/54/55/63/66/69/73/77/78/79/80/82/85/86/87/88/89/91/93/94/95/97/98/2000/01/02/03/05/06
• Dairy Production and Marketing Board Act [8] Amended: 1962/63/65
• Engineering Associates Act [9] Amended: 1964/68/76/88/96/2007
• International Finance Agreements Act [10] Amended: 1966/68/75/76/92/98/2007
• Lincoln College Act [11] Amended: 1966/70/77/87
• Maori Education Foundation Act [12] Amended: 1962/63/65/70/72/75/77/92
• Massey College Act [13]
• Monetary and Economic Council Act [14]
• Motor Spirits Duty Act [15]
• National Military Service Act [16] Amended: 1964/68/69
• Nelson Harbour Board and Nelson City Empowering Act [17]
• Republic of Cyprus Act [18]
• Tariff and Development Board Act [19] Amended: 1964/65/67/69/70/71
• Thomas Adoption Discharge Act [20]
• Universities Act [21] Amended: 1962/66/70/71/77/78/80/88
• University of Auckland Act [22] Amended: 1957/66/70/77/87
• University of Canterbury Act [23] Amended: 1957/66/68/70/77/87
• Victoria University of Wellington Act [24] Amended: 1957/66/69/70/77/78/87
• Western Samoa Act [25] Amended: 1970
• Whakatane Board Mills Limited Water Supply Act [26]

Plus 103 acts amended

1962 [27]

• Akaroa County Council Empowering Act [28]
• Central Canterbury Electric Power Board Empowering Act [29]
• Church of England Children's Trust Act [30]
• Civil Defence Act [31] Amended: 1965/67/68/71/75/79/88/89
• Commonwealth Fabric Corporation Act [32]
• Coromandel County Council Ambulance Levy Act [33]
• East Coast Permanent Trustees Limited Act [34] Amended: 1972
• Electricity Advisory Council Act [35]
• Farm Forestry Act [36] Amended: 1964
• Gore Borough Empowering Act [37]
• Historic Articles Act [38]
• Innkeepers Act [39] Amended: 1980
• Maori Welfare Act [40] Amended: 1963
• Massey University College of Manawatu Act [41]
• Masterton Borough Council Staff Retiring Fund Act [42]
• Mining Tenures Registration Act [43] Amended: 1983
• Napier Harbour Board Loan and Empowering Act [44]
• Nature Conservation Council Act [45] Amended: 1971
• Occupiers' Liability Act [46]^{[ permanent dead link]}
• Public Bodies Meetings Act [47] Amended: 1963/74/75
• Religious Instruction and Observances in Public Schools Act [48]
• Sale of Liquor Act [49] Amended: 1963/64/65/67/68/69/70/71/72/74/75/76/77/79/80/81/82/83/85/86/88/89/91/93/94/96/97/99/2001/02/04/05
• Shearers Act [50] Amended: 1983
• State Services Act [51] Amended: 1964/65/66/73/74/78/81/82/85/87
• Taumaranui District Services' Memorial Fund Act [52]
• Te Aroha Borough Water-Supply Empowering Act [53]
• Timaru Harbour Board and Timaru Council Empowering Act [54]
• Whangarei Borough Council Empowering Act [55]

Plus 110 acts amended

1963 [56]

• Architects Act [57] Amended: 1979/82/88/97
• Auckland Regional Authority Act [58] Amended: 1964/65/66/68/69/70/71/72/73/75/78/87
• Auckland Regional Planning Authority Act [59]
• Criminal Injuries Compensation Act [60] Amended: 1966/67/69/71
• Dental Act [61] Amended: 1966/68/71/89/94/99
• Fishing Industry Board Act [62] Amended: 1965/75/78/81/85/87/94 Repealed: 2001
• Hutt Valley Underground Water Authority Empowering Act [63]
• Indecent Publications Act 1963
• Liddle Adoption Discharge Act [64]
• Malaysia Act [65]
• Manukau County Urban Farm Land Rating Act [66]
• Massey University of Manawatu Act [67]
• Matrimonial Proceedings Act [68] Amended: 1966/68/70
• Matrimonial Property Act [69] Amended: 1966/67/68/80/83/85/86/87/94/98
• National Research Advisory Council Act [70] Amended: 1976/86
• North Short Drainage Act [71]
• Queen Elizabeth the Second Arts Council of New Zealand Act [72] Amended: 1968/77/78/83/90
• Queen Elizabeth the Second Postgraduate Fellowship of New Zealand Act [73]
• Real Estate Agents Act [74] Amended: 1967/68/77/78/81/82/83/87/89/92/94/2005
• Republic of Nigeria Act [75]
• Republic of Tanganyika Act [76]
• Rotorua Maori Arts and Crafts Institute Act [77]
• Secondhand Dealers Act [78] Amended: 1952/64/67/68/75
• State Insurance Act [79] Amended: 1983/86
• Telford Farm Training Institute Act [80]
• Tourist and Publicity Department Act [81] Amended: 1967/89
• University of Waikato Act [82] Amended: 1966/70/77/78/87
• Waipawa County Council Empowering Act [83]
• Whangarei Harbour Board Vesting Empowering Act [84]

Plus 121 acts amended

1964 [85]

• Burial and Cremation Act [86] Amended: 1968/75/76/79/83/97/2000/03
• Christchurch City Reclamation and Empowering Act [87]
• Continental Shelf Act [88] Amended: 1996/2005
• Cook Islands Constitution Act [89] Amended: 1965
• Decimal Currency Act [90] Amended: 1965/67/73
• Development Finance Corporation Act [91] Amended: 1970/71/76/77
• Export Guarantee Act [92] Amended: 1979/89/90
• Featherston County Council Empowering Act [93]
• Human Tissue Act [94]^{[ permanent dead link]} Amended: 1968/89
• Oamaru Harbour Board Loan and Empowering Act [95]
• Perpetuities Act [96] Amended: 1966/74
• Plumbers and Gasfitters Registration Act [97] Amended: 1967
• Private Savings Banks Act [98] Amended: 1970/72/77/78
• Rock Oyster Farming Act [99] Amended: 1965
• Turangi Township Act [100] Amended: 1973
• Uganda Act [101]
• Wool Testing Authority Act [102] Amended: 1973/80/87

Plus 100 acts amended

1965 [103]

• Auckland Harbour Board Central Area Properties Redevelopment Act [104] Amended: 1968
• East Coast Bays Borough Empowering Act [105]
• Extradition Act [106]^{[ permanent dead link]} Amended: 1924/67/69/98/2002
• Hamilton Domain Endowment Act [107] Amended: 1981
• Marlborough County Council Empowering Act [108] Amended: 1980/83
• Narcotics Act [109] Amended: 1970
• National Library Act [110] Amended: 1971/73/76/77/85/87/89/91
• New Zealand - Australia Free Trade Agreement Act [111]
• News Media Ownership Act [112]
• Northland Harbour Board Act [113]
• Oil in Navigable Waters Act [114]
• Radiation Protection Act [115] Amended: 1973/74/77/81/86/97
• Republic of Kenya Act [116]
• Republic of Zambia Act [117]
• Rotorua County Urban Farm Land Rating Act [118]
• Taranaki Harbours Act [119] Amended: 1968/70
• Taranaki Harbours Board Empowering Act [120]
• Tauranga City Council and Tauranga Electric Power Board Empowering Act [121]
• Territorial Sea and Fishing Zone Act [122]
• Waikato Show Trust Act [123]
• Waikohu County Council Empowering Act [124]
• Wanganui Masonic Hall Trust Board Act [125]
• Whangarei City Constitution Act [126]
• Wheat Board Act [127] Amended: 1969/70/76/77/80/81/86
• Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Act [128] Amended: 1985/88

Plus 107 acts amended

1966 [129]

• Airport Authorities Act [130] Amended: 1968/82/86/88/93/96/97/2000
• Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Act [131] Amended: 1970/75/87
• Consumer Council Act [132] Amended: 1969/80/82/85
• Hawke's Bay Catchment Board Rating Act [133]
• Industrial Design Act [134] Amended: 1974/79/82/87
• Inventions Development Act [135]
• Levin Borough Empowering Act [136] Amended: 1968
• Mangawai Lands Empowering Act [137]
• Medical and Dental Auxiliaries Act [138] Amended: 1968/69/72/74/78/81/88
• New Plymouth City Electricity and Gas Empowering Act [139]
• Niue Act [140] Amended: 1968/70/71/73/74/2007
• Northland Harbour Board Vesting and Empowering Act [141]
• Palmerston North Reserves Empowering Act [142] Amended: 1988/93/2003
• Republic of Malawi Act [143]
• Republic of Singapore Act [144]
• Republic of Tanzania Act [145]
• Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes Trust Act [146]
• South Auckland Local Authorities Empowering Act [147]
• Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Act [148] Amended: 1977
• Tokoroa Town Empowering Act [149] Amended: 1970

Plus 93 acts amended

1967 [150]

• Agricultural Pests Destruction Act [151] Amended: 1968/71/72/74/75/77/79/80/82/86/88
• Animal Remedies Act [152] Amended: 1968/69/71/72/76/81/82/94
• Animals Act [153] Amended: 1969/74/76/77/80/81/82/83/90/91
• Auckland Harbour Board and Waitemata County Council Empowering Act [154]
• Berryfruit Levy Act [155] Amended: 1970/74/83/88
• Costs in Criminal Cases Act [156] Amended: 1968
• Door to Door Sales Act [157] Amended: 1973
• Electoral Poll Act [158]
• Electricity Distribution Commission Act [159] Amended: 1968/69
• Hauraki Gulf Maritime Park Act [160]
• Insolvency Act [161] Amended: 1972/76/78/81/85/86/87/90/93/94/98/99/2001/04
• Lesotho Act [162]
• Natural Gas Corporation Act [163] Amended: 1973/76
• Republic of Botswana Act [164]
• Rotorua City Geothermal Energy Empowering Act [165]
• Sale of Liquor Poll Act [166]
• Tarawera Forest Act [167]
• Technicians Training Act [168] Amended: 1985
• The Nurse Maude District Nursing Association Act [169]
• Water and Soil Conservation Act [170] Amended: 1968/69/71/72/73/74/76/77/80/81/83/87/88/90

Plus 138 acts amended

1968 [171]

• Broadcasting Authority Act [172] Amended: 1971
• Bryant Nursery Trust Board Enabling Act [173]
• Christchurch Town Hall Empowering Act [174]
• Customs Orders Confirmation Act [175]
• Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act [176] Amended: 1971/85/94/96/97/98/2004
• Guardianship Act [177] Amended: 1969/70/71/73/77/79/80/82/83/85/88/91/94/95/96/98
• Litter Act [178] Amended: 1970/85/90/2006
• Maori and Island Affairs Department Act [179]
• Marine Farming Act [180] Amended: 1975/76/77/83/87/90/92/93
• Maternal Mortality Research Act [181] Amended: 1979
• Ministry of Transport Act [182] Amended: 1971/72/73/75/79/83/88
• New Zealand Ports Authority Act [183] Amended: 1969/70/78
• Protection of Depositors Act [184] Amended: 1972
• Quantity Surveyors Act [185] Amended: 1969/79/83/87/88
• Slack Adoption Act [186]
• Swaziland Act [187]
• Tawa Borough Empowering Act [188]
• Tokoroa Agricultural and Pastoral Association Empowering Act [189]
• Trespass Act [190] Amended: 1981/87
• Vocational Training Council Act [191] Amended: 1972/75/76/79/81/85/88
• Warkworth Anglican Burial Ground Act [192]

Plus 125 acts amended

1969 [193]

• Administration Act 1969
• Building Research Levy Act [194] Amended: 1975/82
• Clarke Adoption Act [195]
• Consumer Information Act [196]
• Food and Drug Act [197] Amended: 1977
• Foote Adoption Act [198]
• General Wage Orders Act [199]
• Hotel Association of New Zealand Act [200] Amended: 1994
• Manawatu Patriotic Society Act [201]
• Mental Health Act [202] Amended: 1954/57/58/59/61/72/75/76/77/79/82/85
• Minors' Contracts Act 1969 [203] Amended: 1970/71/74/85/2005
• New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Act [204] Amended: 1977/96/99/2003
• Public Bodies Leases Act [205] Amended: 1971/76/80
• Republic of Nauru Act [206]
• State Services Remuneration and Conditions of Employment Act [207] Amended: 1970/71/73/75
• Status of Children Act [208] Amended: 1971/78/79/83/87/90/94/2004/07
• Tauranga City Council Empowering Act [209] Repealed: 1979
• Wairarapa Cadet Training Farm Act [210] Amended: 1975

Plus 105 acts amended

1970s

1970 [211]

• Age of Majority Act [212]
• Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Act [213]
• Bay of Plenty Harbour Board Act [214]
• Gisborne Harbour Board Loan and Empowering Act [215] Amended: 1972
• Hutt County Special Rates Amalgamation Act [216]
• Illegal Contracts Act [217] Amended: 1985/2002
• Industrial Research and Development Grants Act [218]
• Kapuni Petroleum Act [219] Amended: 1976
• Marlborough Forestry Corporation Act [220] Amended: 1983
• Mataura Borough Council Empowering Act [221]
• National Heart Foundation of New Zealand Empowering Act [222]
• Payroll Tax Act [223] Repealed: 1973
• Plants Act [224]
• Queen Elizabeth the Second Technicians' Study Award Act [225] Amended: 1987/88/91
• Republic of Guyana Act [226]
• Republic of The Gambia Act [227]
• Te Aroha Borough Endowment Empowering Act [228]
• Tonga Act [229]

Plus 139 acts amended

1971 [230]

• Aircrew Industrial Tribunal Act [231] Amended: 1977/78/79/82/84/85
• Armed Forces Discipline Act [232] Amended: 1976/80/81/85/88/97/98/99/2001/03/05/07
• Auckland Improvement Trust Act [233] Amended: 1973/86/2001
• Bank of New Zealand Officers' Provident Association Act [234] Amended: 1957
• Consular Privileges and Immunities Act [235]
• Department of Social Welfare Act [236] Amended: 1981/88
• Franklin-Manukau Pests Destruction Act [237]
• Gaming Duties Act [238] Amended: 1976/86/91/92/95/96
• Hawke's Bay Hospital Board Empowering Act [239] Amended: 1986
• Hire Purchase Act [240] Amended: 1972/74/85/99
• Hovercraft Act [241]
• Invercargill City Aluminium Smelter Water Supply Act [242]
• Lake Waikaremoana Act [243]
• Layby Sales Act [244] Amended: 2000
• Marine Reserves Act [245] Amended: 1975/77/80
• Northland Harbour Board Vesting Act [246]
• Nurses Act [247] Amended: 1975/80/83/85/90/94/99
• Primary Products Marketing Regulations Validation and Confirmation Act [248]
• Queenstown Reserves Vesting and Empowering Act [249]
• Race Relations Act [250] Amended: 1980/89
• Racing Act [251] Amended: 1974/77/79/80/83/86/88/89/92/95/2000/05/06/07
• Republic of Sierra Leone Act [252]
• Seamen's Union Funds Act [253]
• Stabilisation of Remuneration Act [254] Amended: 1971
• Stamp and Cheque Duties Act [255] Amended: 1972/74/75/76/77/78/80/81/82/83/88/89/91/92/93/94/95/96
• Unclaimed Money Act [256] Amended: 1988/90

Plus 122 acts amended

1972 [257]

• Accident Compensation Act [258] Amended: 1972/73/74/75/77/78/79/80/81/83/84/85/87/88/89/90/91/92
• Auckland Agricultural Pastoral and Industrial Shows Board Act [259]
• Auckland Regional Authority Empowering Act [260]
• Aviation Crimes Act [261] Amended: 1973/99/2007
• Children's Health Camps Act [262] Amended: 1979/83/85/88/91
• Clean Air Act [263] Amended: 1982/86/87/88
• Equal Pay Act [264] Amended: 1973/76/90/91
• Minister of Local Government Act [265]
• Ministry of Energy Resources Act [266] Amended: 1973
• National Art Gallery, Museum, and War Memorial Act [267] Amended: 1978
• National Housing Commission Act [268] Amended: 1977/86
• New Zealand Anglican Church Pension Fund Act [269]
• Pacific Islands Polynesian Education Foundation Act [270] Amended: 1975/81/87
• R O Bradley Estate Act [271] Amended: 1994
• Republic of Bangladesh Act [272]
• Republic of Sri Lanka Act [273]
• St John's College Trusts Act [274]
• Testing Laboratory Registration Act [275] Amended: 1981/83/88/2006
• Unit Titles Act [276] Amended: 1973/79/80/81/93/2003
• University of Albany Act [277] Amended: 1973
• Wanganui Harbour Board Empowering Act [278]
• Wellington Regional Water Board Act [279] Amended: 1975/76/83
• Wool Marketing Corporation Act [280] Amended: 1974/75/76

Plus 124 acts amended

See also

The above list may not be current and will contain errors and omissions. For more accurate information try:

• Walter Monro Wilson, The Practical Statutes of New Zealand, Auckland: Wayte and Batger 1867
• The Knowledge Basket: Legislation NZ
• New Zealand Legislation Includes some imperial and provincial acts. Only includes acts currently in force, and as amended.
• Legislation Direct List of statutes from 2003 to order