---
title: "New Zealand"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand"
type: "jurisdiction"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "NZ"
kind: "country"
country: "NZ"
last_reviewed: "2026-10-11"
---

# New Zealand

> Open the Courts of New Zealand lawyer guidelines for any filing, then the Law Society generative-AI guidance and the Conduct and Client Care Rules.…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-11

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

New Zealand practising lawyers and work in New Zealand courts and tribunals

Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 and the Conduct and Client Care Rules 2008

Courts of New Zealand generative-AI guidelines for lawyers (7 December 2023) and the courts and tribunals listed in those guidelines

New Zealand Law Society generative-AI guidance (March 2024)

Privacy Act 2020 and the Privacy Commissioner's AI guidance

Trust-account rules and AML/CFT duties for lawyers who are reporting entities

Courts of New Zealand guidelines for judges, judicial officers and support staff, and the separate guidelines for non-lawyers (7 December 2023).

New Zealand Law Society AI Hub, including the AI-use checklist and the profession-wide AI research project.

Office of the Privacy Commissioner guidance that all 13 Information Privacy Principles apply to AI tools.

New Zealand Public Service AI Framework.

Lawyers are regulated under the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006. The New Zealand Law Society Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa runs practising certificates, the Lawyers Complaints Service and the trust-account Inspectorate. Conduct standards: the Conduct and Client Care Rules 2008. Section 4 sets fundamental duties, including upholding the rule of law and protecting client interests.

No statute regulates generative AI generally. For court and tribunal work, start with the Courts of New Zealand lawyer guidelines (7 December 2023). You must not mislead the court, and you must check information, including citations, before you use it.

The Law Society's March 2024 guidance: you remain responsible for work a tool produces. Misuse can breach rr 3, 10.9 and 13.1; poor supervision rr 11 and 11.1; client material in a public tool Chapter 8.

The Privacy Act 2020 applies to agencies using AI. The Privacy Commissioner expects a privacy impact assessment, human review, and no personal input unless the provider will not retain or disclose it. IPP 3A has applied since 1 May 2026.

## Key facts

- Kind: Country
- Task versions written for this jurisdiction: 55
- AI instruments recorded: 10

## Summary

Open the Courts of New Zealand lawyer guidelines for any filing, then the Law Society generative-AI guidance and the Conduct and Client Care Rules. Check every citation and statutory reference in legislation.govt.nz or a trusted case database. Keep private, confidential, suppressed and privileged material out of a public chatbot. The lawyer remains responsible for the document.

## AI rules and guidance (10)

| Instrument | Issuer | Kind | Effective | Source type | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Guidelines for judges, judicial officers, tribunal members and support staff on generative AI](https://nzbar.org.nz/news/judiciary-publishes-guidelines-for-use-of-generative-ai-in-courts-and-tribunals) | Courts of New Zealand | judicial_guideline | 2023-12-07 | Secondary source | Final guidelines for the judiciary, issued with separate sets for lawyers and non-lawyers after consultation. |
| [Guidelines for non-lawyers on generative AI in courts and tribunals](https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/going-to-court/practice-directions/practice-guidelines/all-benches/guidelines-for-use-of-generative-artificial-intelligence-in-courts-and-tribunals) | Courts of New Zealand | court_guide | 2023-12-07 | Primary source | Guidance for self-represented litigants and other non-lawyers. |
| [AI Hub (guidance, AI-use checklist, case rulings)](https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/professional-practice/aihub/) | New Zealand Law Society | law_society_resource | Not stated | Primary source | Curated AI resources: Law Society generative AI guidance, a checklist from exploration/procurement to use, and court rulings on lawyers' responsibility for AI material. |
| [Profession-wide AI research project and survey](https://www.lexisnexis.com/blogs/nz/b/legal-industry-news/posts/new-zealand-law-society-launches-major-ai-research-project) | New Zealand Law Society | research | Not stated | Secondary source | Survey of how NZ lawyers use AI, prompted in part by a fabricated AI-cited case the Law Society library could not find. |
| [Artificial intelligence and the Information Privacy Principles](https://www.russellmcveagh.com/insights-news/ai-tools-opc-releases-guidance-for-organisations-using-ai-tools/) | Office of the Privacy Commissioner (NZ) | regulator_guidance | Not stated | Secondary source | All 13 IPPs apply to developing and using AI tools in NZ, including tools supplied by overseas organisations; OPC recommends a privacy impact assessment. |
| [Public Service AI Framework](https://stip.oecd.org/stip/interactive-dashboards/policy-initiatives/2025%2Fdata%2FpolicyInitiatives%2F200000744) | NZ Government (GCDO / digital.govt.nz) | government_guidance | Not stated | Secondary source | Framework for responsible AI use across the NZ public service. |
| [Guidelines for use of generative AI in courts and tribunals – lawyers](https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/6-Going-to-Court/practice-directions/practice-guidelines/all-benches/20231207-GenAI-Guidelines-Lawyers.pdf) | Courts of New Zealand | practice_guidelines | 2023-12-07 | Primary source | Judiciary guidelines for lawyers using GenAI in court and tribunal work: lawyers remain responsible for accuracy, confidentiality and citations. |
| [Generative AI guidance for lawyers](https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/professional-practice/rules-and-maintaining-professional-standards/generative-ai-guidance-for-lawyers/) | New Zealand Law Society | guidance | 2023-06-15 | Primary source | NZLS guidance on what GenAI is and the professional risks lawyers must manage; draws on the Law Society of England and Wales guidance. |
| [Lawyers are responsible for the contents of court documents prepared using Generative AI](https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/news/newsroom/lawyers-are-responsible-for-the-contents-of-court-documents-prepared-using-generative-ai/) | New Zealand Law Society | statement | Not stated | Primary source | NZLS statement that lawyers are responsible for court documents prepared with GenAI and firms need clear AI policies and quality assurance. |
| [Generative Artificial Intelligence – expectations for agencies](https://www.privacy.org.nz/resources-and-learning/a-z-topics/ai/generative-artificial-intelligence/) | Office of the Privacy Commissioner (NZ) | privacy_guidance | Not stated | Primary source | Privacy Commissioner expectations for agencies (including law firms) using generative AI tools under the Privacy Act 2020. |

- Guidelines for judges, judicial officers, tribunal members and support staff on generative AI: DB already holds the lawyers set; this adds the judiciary and non-lawyer sets.
- Guidelines for non-lawyers on generative AI in courts and tribunals: Fetched via Jus Mundi copy; link the courtsofnz.govt.nz page as primary.

## What to open first

- For a court or tribunal document: the Courts of New Zealand lawyer guidelines (7 December 2023). Check the forum is on the list at the end of the PDF.
- The Law Society generative-AI guidance (March 2024).
- The Conduct and Client Care Rules that attach to your practising certificate.
- Do not apply an Australian court AI practice note to a New Zealand filing.

## Court and tribunal AI rules

- Courts covered: Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, District Court and listed specialist courts, including the Family, Youth, Employment, Environment, Coroners and Māori Land Courts.
- Tribunals covered: the Waitangi Tribunal and listed tribunals, including the Disputes, Tenancy, Immigration and Protection, and Human Rights Review Tribunals and the Taxation Review Authority.
- Chatbots are not search engines. The judiciary says they appear to have had limited access to New Zealand law and procedure.
- You are responsible for the accuracy of everything you file, including citations. Chatbots can invent cases and quotes, apply overseas law and confirm their own inventions.
- Generally enter nothing that is not already public. Never enter private, confidential, suppressed or privileged information. Report a suppression breach to the registry promptly.
- You need not disclose GenAI use unless the court or tribunal asks.
- Chatbots generally do not account for Māori and Pasifika cultural values and practices. Treat this as a bias risk.

## Professional-conduct rules

- The Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 and the Conduct and Client Care Rules 2008 apply to tool use, including the duty not to mislead the court (r 13.1).
- Advice or work product from a tool is still your responsibility.
- Misuse can breach r 3 (competence), r 10.9 (misleading conduct) and r 13.1 (fidelity to the court). Supervision failures engage rr 11 and 11.1.
- Client or privileged material in a public tool may breach Chapter 8. Consider client consent. Test with fictional data.
- Tell the client, where appropriate, how a tool is used (rr 3.5 and 7.1). Review time-and-attendance billing.
- Complaints go to the Law Society's Lawyers Complaints Service.

## Privacy and confidentiality

- The Privacy Act 2020 applies to everyone using AI tools in New Zealand. Do a privacy impact assessment first and keep it current.
- IPP 12 applies when prompts or outputs leave New Zealand. Confirm where the vendor stores and processes data.
- The Commissioner expects leadership approval, a necessity review, plain-language transparency, engagement with Māori on taonga information, access and correction (IPPs 6 and 7) and human review.
- Do not enter personal or confidential information unless the provider has confirmed it will not retain or disclose it.
- IPP 3A (notification of indirect collection) has applied since 1 May 2026.
- Public-service guidance on digital.govt.nz advises against putting personal and client information into external AI tools.

## Review checklist

- Confirm the court or tribunal is covered by the 7 December 2023 guidelines.
- Check every output and citation in a trusted source, not another generative tool.
- Open each Act or rule on legislation.govt.nz; confirm the version at the material date.
- Keep private, confidential, suppressed and privileged material out of public tools. Turn off chat history where you can.
- Keep affidavits in the witness's words. No invented facts, witnesses or police testimony.
- Confirm supervised staff were authorised to use the tool and told their supervisor.
- Be ready to tell the court which parts used a tool and how they were checked.
- For personal information, record the privacy impact assessment and the IPP 12 position.

## Regulator and Law Society guidance

- Start with the Law Society AI Hub: the March 2024 guidance, the court PDF, the Privacy Commissioner's AI pages and National Cyber Security Centre material on agentic AI.
- The Law Society Library will check AI-generated case citations.
- The Hub's case-law list shows overseas decisions; New Zealand cases will be added. Do not cite a New Zealand fabricated-citation judgment you have not opened.

## Firm obligations that sit beside the file

- Trust accounts: Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 ss 110–116 and the Trust Account Regulations 2008. Read the Law Society page and the 2024 Trust Accounting Guidelines.
- Barristers cannot operate a trust account or hold fees in advance, except through an instructing solicitor's trust account or escrow.
- Lawyers providing designated services are reporting entities under the AML/CFT Act 2009, supervised by the Department of Internal Affairs. Check the DIA page for current guidance.
- Customer risk-rating records have been required since 1 June 2025. A tool must not make the final CDD or SAR decision.

## Tasks that change here (55)

| Task | Level | How AI is used |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Check a New Zealand court document against the Courts of New Zealand lawyer guidelines](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/check-a-new-zealand-court-document-against-the-courts-of-new-zealand-law.md) | Red | Extract the court or tribunal name, the document type, and a list of citations and factual assertions for the lawyer to verify. |
| [Check legislation citations against legislation.govt.nz](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/check-legislation-citations-against-legislation-govt-nz.md) | Red | Extract every Act, regulation and section number from the draft into a verification table. |
| [Decide whether non-public, suppressed or privileged material can go into a tool](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/decide-whether-non-public-suppressed-or-privileged-material-can-go-into.md) | Red | Flag any text in the draft that appears to be private, confidential, suppressed, privileged or not already public. |
| [Keep affidavits in the witness's own words](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/keep-affidavits-in-the-witness-s-own-words.md) | Red | Turn the witness's existing notes into a structured outline of topics for the lawyer and the witness to settle together. |
| [Prepare written submissions so every authority can be opened](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/prepare-written-submissions-so-every-authority-can-be-opened.md) | Yellow | Build a table of every case, statute and quote with the pinpoint the draft relies on. |
| [Prepare a Landonline certify-and-sign checklist](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/prepare-a-landonline-certify-and-sign-checklist.md) | Yellow | Turn the sale contract, title and A&I into a checklist of certifications, names, title reference, mortgage and priority amount for the practitioner to confirm. |
| [List the title, LIM and contract documents for a New Zealand residential sale](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/list-the-title-lim-and-contract-documents-for-a-new-zealand-residential.md) | Red | List the New Zealand title, LIM, land-information and contract documents actually on the file so the lawyer can see what is missing. |
| [Confirm each seller's New Zealand tax position for the sale](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/confirm-each-seller-s-new-zealand-tax-position-for-the-sale.md) | Yellow | Extract seller names and residency facts from the file into a list for the tax lawyer. |
| [Screen an overseas buyer under the Overseas Investment Act 2005](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/screen-an-overseas-buyer-under-the-overseas-investment-act-2005.md) | Red | Extract buyer identity, control and the land description into an overseas-person fact sheet for the lawyer. |
| [Give Landonline certify-and-sign instructions](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/give-landonline-certify-and-sign-instructions.md) | Yellow | Draft a practitioner checklist of title reference, parties, instruments and evidence to hold before certify and sign. |
| [Prepare a Construction Contracts Act 2002 payment claim](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/prepare-a-construction-contracts-act-2002-payment-claim.md) | Red | Extract the contract details, the claimed amount, the period and the supporting invoices, and set them out as a reference list for the lawyer.… |
| [Respond to a New Zealand payment claim with a CCA payment schedule](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/respond-to-a-new-zealand-payment-claim-with-a-cca-payment-schedule.md) | Red | List each claimed item and the file material that supports payment, withholding or dispute. |
| [Draft a personal grievance for the Employment Relations Authority](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/draft-a-personal-grievance-for-the-employment-relations-authority.md) | Yellow | Build a chronology of employment, dismissal facts and raising of the grievance from the permitted documents. |
| [Prepare a minimum-entitlements fact sheet under New Zealand employment statutes](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/prepare-a-minimum-entitlements-fact-sheet-under-new-zealand-employment-s.md) | Red | Extract the role, hours, leave taken and pay from the file into a fact sheet. |
| [Draft a Care of Children Act parenting arrangement](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/draft-a-care-of-children-act-parenting-arrangement.md) | Yellow | Turn existing agreements and the children's routine into a plain-language arrangements sheet. |
| [Draft a Property (Relationships) Act contracting-out agreement](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/draft-a-property-act-contracting-out-agreement.md) | Red | Extract the asset list and the instructions into a comparison table for the lawyer. |
| [Check permission before putting Family Court or protected material into a tool](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/check-permission-before-putting-family-court-or-protected-material-into.md) | Red | Flag medical, address, child and subpoenaed records in the folder. |
| [Triage a New Zealand injury against ACC cover before a damages claim](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/triage-a-new-zealand-injury-against-acc-cover-before-a-damages-claim.md) | Yellow | Extract the injury, date, place and alleged fault into a cover-fact sheet. |
| [Map ACC entitlements from the claim file](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/map-acc-entitlements-from-the-claim-file.md) | Yellow | List claimed weekly compensation, treatment and lump-sum items from the file. |
| [Map a New Zealand client's privacy duties to the IPPs](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/map-a-new-zealand-client-s-privacy-duties-to-the-ipps.md) | Yellow | Produce an IPP-by-IPP issues list from the client's described data flows. |
| [Assess a notifiable privacy breach under the Privacy Act 2020](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/assess-a-notifiable-privacy-breach-under-the-privacy-act-2020.md) | Red | Extract what was disclosed, to whom, and the categories of people affected. |
| [Check overseas disclosure against IPP 12 before a tool processes client data](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/check-overseas-disclosure-against-ipp-12-before-a-tool-processes-client.md) | Yellow | Extract the vendor's stated storage locations and subprocessors from the contract. |
| [Advise on directors' duties under the Companies Act 1993](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/advise-on-directors-duties-under-the-companies-act-1993.md) | Red | Extract the company, directors and the proposed transaction into a New Zealand-statute issues list. |
| [Register a security interest on the New Zealand PPSR](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/register-a-security-interest-on-the-new-zealand-ppsr.md) | Red | Extract grantor, collateral class and priority facts into a registration instruction sheet. |
| [Draft an NZX announcement and check it against earlier disclosure](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/draft-an-nzx-announcement-and-check-it-against-earlier-disclosure.md) | Red | Extract the event and the current NZX announcement drafts on the file. |
| [Screen a merger under the Commerce Commission's voluntary clearance regime](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/screen-a-merger-under-the-commerce-commission-s-voluntary-clearance-regi.md) | Red | Extract parties, markets and New Zealand overlap into a clearance-fact sheet. |
| [Advise on Overseas Investment Act consent for the transaction](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/advise-on-overseas-investment-act-consent-for-the-transaction.md) | Red | Extract overseas-person facts and the sensitive-asset description. |
| [Draft an FMCA offer document and its verification list](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/draft-an-fmca-offer-document-and-its-verification-list.md) | Yellow | Build a verification list of factual statements and financial figures from the draft. |
| [Decide whether the debt can support a Companies Act statutory demand](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/decide-whether-the-debt-can-support-a-companies-act-statutory-demand.md) | Red | Extract the debt, contract, invoices and any dispute from the file. |
| [Prepare settlement-approval materials for a New Zealand representative proceeding](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/prepare-settlement-approval-materials-for-a-new-zealand-representative-p.md) | Red | Summarise the proposed settlement and the group definition from the file. |
| [Map the FMCA licence needed for the proposed services](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/map-the-fmca-licence-needed-for-the-proposed-services.md) | Yellow | Extract the proposed services and products into a licence-fact sheet. |
| [Assess a New Zealand acquisition for Commerce Commission clearance](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/assess-a-new-zealand-acquisition-for-commerce-commission-clearance.md) | Yellow | Extract New Zealand turnover, assets and overlap. |
| [Advise on Immigration Act 2009 pathways from the client's facts](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/advise-on-immigration-act-2009-pathways-from-the-client-s-facts.md) | Red | Extract the client's status, family and work facts into an INZ-pathway sheet. |
| [Prepare an Immigration and Protection Tribunal appeal](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/prepare-an-immigration-and-protection-tribunal-appeal.md) | Red | Reconcile the decision, the deadline and the evidence already filed. |
| [Identify the New Zealand tribunal or High Court review path](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/identify-the-new-zealand-tribunal-or-high-court-review-path.md) | Red | Extract the decision-maker, the date of decision and the statute named on the decision. |
| [List the RMA plans and resource-consent documents for the application](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/list-the-rma-plans-and-resource-consent-documents-for-the-application.md) | Yellow | List the district plan, regional plan and resource-consent documents on the file. |
| [Identify the Unit Titles Act 2010 before advising on a body corporate](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/identify-the-unit-titles-act-2010-before-advising-on-a-body-corporate.md) | Red | Extract the unit plan, body-corporate rules and the issue from the file. |
| [Decide whether the entity is a New Zealand climate reporting entity under the FMCA](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/decide-whether-the-entity-is-a-new-zealand-climate-reporting-entity-unde.md) | Red | Extract entity type, size facts and NZX listing status from the file. |
| [Check an approach to market against the Government Procurement Rules](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/check-an-approach-to-market-against-the-government-procurement-rules.md) | Yellow | Extract estimated value, agency and proposed method from the draft. |
| [Advise on KiwiSaver death benefits](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/advise-on-kiwisaver-death-benefits.md) | Yellow | Extract the scheme, the nominated persons and the will from the file. |
| [Draft a will under the Wills Act 2007](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/draft-a-will-under-the-wills-act-2007.md) | Yellow | Turn the instruction note into a structured list of gifts, executors and guardians for the lawyer to settle with the client. |
| [Reconcile a New Zealand lawyers' trust account under the 2008 Regulations](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/reconcile-a-new-zealand-lawyers-trust-account-under-the-2008-regulations.md) | Red | Extract ledger items and unmatched amounts into an exceptions list. |
| [Decide whether New Zealand client material can go into a tool](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/decide-whether-new-zealand-client-material-can-go-into-a-tool.md) | Yellow | Classify each proposed input as public, personal, confidential, privileged or suppressed. |
| [Deploy a client-facing intake tool under the Conduct and Client Care Rules](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/deploy-a-client-facing-intake-tool-under-the-conduct-and-client-care-rul.md) | Red | Draft a description of what the tool will ask and what it will not decide. |
| [Assess whether digital evidence may be generated multimedia](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/assess-whether-digital-evidence-may-be-generated-multimedia.md) | Red | List each image, audio or video item and any provenance already on the file. |
| [Advise on an automated decision system under the Privacy Act 2020](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/advise-on-an-automated-decision-system-under-the-privacy-act-2020.md) | Red | Map personal-information flows, decision points and human-review steps from the client's description. |
| [Draft a fee estimate that reflects generative-AI use](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/draft-a-fee-estimate-that-reflects-generative-ai-use.md) | Yellow | List the tasks the firm proposes to do with a tool and the tasks that remain timed lawyer work. |
| [Draft or audit a New Zealand-seat arbitration clause under the Arbitration Act 1996](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/draft-or-audit-a-new-zealand-seat-arbitration-clause-under-the-arbitrati.md) | Yellow | Extract seat, governing law, number of arbitrators, language and any opt-in or opt-out of Schedule 2 into a clause table. |
| [Analyse recognition or enforcement of an award under the Arbitration Act 1996](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/analyse-recognition-or-enforcement-of-an-award-under-the-arbitration-act.md) | Yellow | List the award date, seat, convention relied on, and any article 34 or 36 refusal grounds mentioned in the draft. |
| [Search New Zealand minerals permits under the Crown Minerals Act 1991](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/search-new-zealand-minerals-permits-under-the-crown-minerals-act-1991.md) | Yellow | Extract permit type, minerals, area and parties from the instruction note into a due-diligence table. |
| [Advise on Crown Minerals Act permits for the proposed activity](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/advise-on-crown-minerals-act-permits-for-the-proposed-activity.md) | Yellow | List the activities, location (onshore, coastal or offshore) and any health-and-safety or decommissioning points in the instructions. |
| [Review the offer papers for a New Zealand franchise sale](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/review-the-offer-papers-for-a-new-zealand-franchise-sale.md) | Red | Extract the proposed grant, fees, term and any disclosure pack the client already uses. |
| [Remove Australian Franchising Code steps from a New Zealand franchise file](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/remove-australian-franchising-code-steps-from-a-new-zealand-franchise-fi.md) | Yellow | Flag any draft that assumes a Franchise Disclosure Register, Code s 43 compensation, or Code s 44 ROI disclosure. |
| [Advise on a cargo claim under Maritime Transport Act s 209 (Hague Rules)](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/advise-on-a-cargo-claim-under-maritime-transport-act-s-209.md) | Red | Extract bill-of-lading date, ports, cargo description and any time-bar or jurisdiction clause into a claim table. |
| [Advise on marine-pollution compliance under the marine protection rules](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/new-zealand/advise-on-marine-pollution-compliance-under-the-marine-protection-rules.md) | Yellow | List the ship, harmful substances, and any dumping or oil-spill plan mentioned in the instructions. |

## Sources

- [Courts of New Zealand: Guidelines for use of generative artificial intelligence in Courts and Tribunals](https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/going-to-court/practice-directions/practice-guidelines/all-benches/guidelines-for-use-of-generative-artificial-intelligence-in-courts-and-tribunals) (checked 2026-09-23)
- [Courts of New Zealand: Guidelines for use of generative AI in courts and tribunals — Lawyers (7 December 2023)](https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/6-Going-to-Court/practice-directions/practice-guidelines/all-benches/20231207-GenAI-Guidelines-Lawyers.pdf) (checked 2026-09-23)
- [New Zealand Law Society: Generative AI guidance for lawyers (March 2024)](https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/professional-practice/rules-and-maintaining-professional-standards/generative-ai-guidance-for-lawyers/) (checked 2026-09-23)
- [New Zealand Law Society: Lawyers and Generative AI (March 2024 PDF)](https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/assets/Professional-practice-docs/Rules-and-Guidelines/Lawyers-and-AI-Guidance-Mar-2024.pdf) (checked 2026-09-23)
- [Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006](https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2006/1/en/latest/) (checked 2026-09-23)
- [Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008](https://www.legislation.govt.nz/secondary-legislation/pco-drafted/2008/214/en/latest/) (checked 2026-09-23)
- [Office of the Privacy Commissioner: Artificial Intelligence and the Information Privacy Principles](https://www.privacy.org.nz/resources-and-learning/a-z-topics/ai/) (checked 2026-09-23)
- [Office of the Privacy Commissioner: Generative artificial intelligence (15 June 2023)](https://www.privacy.org.nz/resources-and-learning/a-z-topics/ai/generative-artificial-intelligence/) (checked 2026-09-23)
- [Office of the Privacy Commissioner: Privacy Act 2020 — information privacy principles](https://www.privacy.org.nz/privacy-principles/) (checked 2026-09-23)
- [New Zealand Law Society: AI Hub](https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/professional-practice/aihub/) (checked 2026-09-23)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*