Teen Law

Ministry of Justice - Youth Justice webpage

This is the government department's webpage dealing with youth justice issues and has useful information on the law and young people.

For more information visit the Ministry of Justice - Youth Justice web page.

Items available at Hamilton City Libraries

Basic documents on Human Rights

This book is held on Level 3 of the Central Library and cannot be borrowed.

The New Zealand politics source book

This is an MMP source book. This book is held in the Information & Heritage section of the Central Library and cannot borrowed.

Top 100 questions and answers on tax

This is a book on taxation in New Zealand and how it works. This book is held on Level 3 of the Central Library and cannot be borrowed.

School rules : parents, students and New Zealand schools

Find out what the law says about school rules.

Age Limits

Find out the age you can do things.

Useful Websites

Youth Law

Legal help for under 25 year olds. It provides information about how the law can help you to overcome issues that may be affecting you and help you learn more about your rights.

The Pulse - my rights

This is a website by, for and about teenagers and has trusted information sources. It’s section on law talks about your rights and responsibilites for everything from bullying to driving. There are also lots of links to other useful websites and resources.

This report is very useful for teens as it outlines some real life senarios about young people and the law and their rights.

Citizens Advice Bureau's Lowdown: Know your rights

Learn about your rights when dealing with the police, tenancy issues, legal age limits and much more.

Ministry of Justice - Youth Justice

This is the government department's webpage dealing with youth justice issues and has useful information on the law and young people.

How to Law

Our mission is to provide general legal information to internet users of New Zealand and to offer a choice of legal or accounting practitioners from whom more detail or information on a particular topic may be sought via email. HowToLaw.co.nz (Install Law Limited) is neither a legal nor an accounting firm.



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