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Official name of the country: New Zealand / Aotearoa
Official languages: English, Maori

Official name of Parliament:* House of Representatives
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Member of the ASGP

2. Address
House of Representatives
Parliamentary Library
Parliament Buildings
Wellington
Tel.: *(64)(4)4719999;4719623
Fax: *(64)(4)4719619
Telex: 31042
E-mail: Ruth.MacEachern@parliament.govt.nz
Internet-Homepage: http://www.parliament.govt.nz

3. Details on the Library
Year of foundation: 1858
Person in charge: Ms Ruth MACEACHERN
Position or official title: Acting Parliamentary Librarian
Number of library staff: 60
Number of professional librarians: 27
Number of research and subject analyst staff in the Library: 3 (Economist, Statistician, Legislative Analyst)
Number of secretarial and support staff: 2
Number of other staff: 27 (library assistants (16), student assistents (9), bindery staff (3), )
Size of collection: 506.000
Number of annual accessions: 11.000
Annual acquisitions budget: 319.000 NZ$ (~US$ 204.000)
Number of current periodicals: 3.500
Periodicals indexed for relevant articles: Yes, by the Library
Number of periodicals which are currently indexed for articles: 1.000
Number of periodical articles indexed per year: 1.500
Number of current newspapers: 244
Press cuttings: Yes, by Ministerial Services (30) (for front bench Members only)
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers: Yes,by the Office of the Clerk
Library in charge of the archival materials of the Parliament: No
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification system for subject indexing: Thesaurus and classification system
Automation of cataloguing: Yes
Is the automated library catalogue accessible as an online catalogue to outside users?: No
Clientele: Members, parliamentary staff
Number of reading rooms: 1 (22)
Number of loans per year: 10.000
Reference services: 20.000
Current bibliographies: 14
Retrospective subject bibliographies: No
External database searches: 9.000
Analysis and research: Yes, by the Library
Other special services: Bills digest service
Right to deposit: Yes, all New Zealand publications are eligible
Depository library: UN and specialized agencies: WHO, OECD, European Union, Council of Europe, Commonwealth Secretariat, SIPRI, Canadian Govt., US Govt., Australian Govt.
Other special collections of the Library: International documents collection, national newspaper collection
IFLA membership: Yes

4. Publications published by the Library
Profile monthly bulletin
Select list of periodical articles, publications from governments and international organisations and new books
Profile subject bulletins
Fortnightly
Newspapers currently received / Parliamentary Library. - 1992
Guide to services / Parliamentary Library. - 1993
Background papers

5. Publications concerning the Library
General Assembly Library // In: Newsletter of the Wellington Regional Committee of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. - Wellington. - 1 (1977). - 20 p.
The General Assembly Library of New Zealand // In: Laundy, Philip: Parliamentary librarianship in the English-speaking world. - London, 1980. - p. 58 - 62
Patterson, K.: The winds of change : Member demands and library responses // In: Proceedings of the Seventh Conference of Parliamentary librarians of Australasia. - Brisbane, 1984
Matheson, D. Ian: The development of the General Assembly Library, New Zealand : 1858 - 1985 // In: Parlament und Bibliothek. - München : Saur, 1986. - p. 312 - 318

6. Parliamentary documents
Parliamentary debates : Hansard
The Debates give the texts of all speeches and debates in the House, except those made when the House is in Committee. - In addition, a separate supplement containing written questions and answers has been published since 1989
Appendices to the journals of the House of Representatives
These are the reports of Government departments, certain statutory bodies, some international agreements and conventions relating to New Zealand, financial statements, reports of Parliamentary select committees, commissions and Royal Commissions which the House orders to be printed. - They are produced as individual papers, then annual bound volumes. - Each paper has a shoulder number and generally the same number is assigned to the same paper each year. - The papers included are listed in the schedules of the Journals
Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand
The Journals are the official day-to-day record of the business of Parliament. - They are printed, bound and published sessionally
Standing orders of the House of Representatives : brought into force 1 August 1985. - Wellington : Government Printer, 1985
Speakers' rulings : 1867 to 1989 inclusive. - Wellington : House of Representatives, 1990
Order paper
The Order paper gives the order of business for the day. - It includes the text of notices of motion by MPs, lists of papers, petitions and select committee reports presented the previous day, changes to select committee membership, text of questions to Ministers for written and oral reply, and of replies to questions for written answer
Supplementary order papers
Supplementary order papers give written advice of specified amendments to Bills before the House
Notes on parliamentary law and procedure
The Notes update changes to the procedures and processes of the House, incorporating items drawn from Hansard, Bills, select committee reports and regulations and other papers tabled in the House
McGee, David: Parliamentary practice in New Zealand. - Wellington :
GP Publications, 1994
Parliamentary bulletin
A weekly summary of the House's business compiled by the Office of the Clerk while the House is in session

(updated in April 1999)

Quelle: http://www.bundestag.de/wissen/bibliothek/library/newze1
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