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)
