An address to the New Zealand Local Government Conference, delivered on 18 November 1995. The address traces the history of local government in New Zealand, from the provincial legislatures of early colonial New Zealand, to their abolishment in 1876. It suggests that this abolishment has...

This work examines the increasing use made by the United Nations of fact-finding inquiries since the Agenda for Peace was launched by the UN Secretary-General in 1992. Inquiries can be established by the Security Council, the General Assembly, the Human Rights Council and the Secretary-General....

This report has been prepared at the request of the New Zealand Fish and Game Council in response to the Government’s announced proposals to amend the Resource Management Act 1991 and reform freshwater management. It analyses the nature, extent and implications of those proposals for the...

This paper comprises two articles in which the author surveys the experience in New Zealand with the Resource Management Act 1991. It covers the origins of the Act, the failure of central government over a long period to use the policy instruments available under the Act, and the lack of...