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FLEXI

In 2023, all papers offered by the Faculty (including this paper) will be available via FLEXI learning, i.e. when a lecture in this paper is presented in person in the classroom, it will also be simultaneously available for students to connect to via Panopto webcast or Zoom, and that lecture session will also be recorded and made available for students who are unable to connect to the lecture when it is presented.

Attendance

Te Piringa Faculty of Law places great emphasis on providing students with opportunities for high achievement in law papers. As a 400 level paper there is an expectation that students will be more self-directed in their learning than in 300 level papers. Students will be expected to attend all lectures; to demonstrate an ability to analyse, synthesise and critique applicable law and associated information; and apply facts and law to practical and professional situations.

All law students are required to purchase, for use in all law papers, a copy of McLay, Murray & Orpin, New Zealand Law Style Guide (3rd ed, Thomson Reuters, 2018). This is available from the University Bookshop at an approximate price of $37.

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The required text for this paper is:

Mark Henaghan and others, Family Law in New Zealand (20th ed, Wellington, LexisNexis, 2021), volumes 1 and 2.

This is available from the University Bookshop at an approximate price of $175.

In addition, the most important legislation/rules for students to read include:

• Care of Children Act 2004,
• Family Violence Act 2018,
• Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 / Children's and Young People's Well-Being Act 1989,
• Family Proceedings Act 1980,
• Family Court Rules 2002, and
• Property (Relationships) Act 1976.

Students should also refer to:

• Family Court Act 1980,
• Civil Union Act 2004,
  
• Marriage Act 1955, and
  
• Status of Children Act 1969.
  

This legislation can be obtained electronically at no cost from the New Zealand Legislation website: http://www.legislation.govt.nz/.

There is no copyright on New Zealand legislation. We do not recommend that you purchase a hard copy of the acts or the rules - refer to the online resources, which provide the most up to date versions of the legislation.

Further required readings may be provided on the Waikato Reading List for the paper (https://rl.talis.com/3/waikato/lists/D3C55245-2C11-1831-2D06-98A47AC3151A.html?lang=en) and in the Course Materials book. Any such material, and all lecture material, is provided on the following terms:

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