More links and websites
Cabinet manual – public inquiries
The cabinet manual information on commissions of inquiry.
Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908
The legislation governing commissions of inquiry in 2011.
A New Inquiries Act
A 2008 Law Commission report on the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908 (PDF, 5.6 MB).
Pike River mine disaster
A feature on NZHistory outlining the background to the explosion and its aftermath.
Royal Commission on Auckland Governance
The website of the royal commission on Auckland’s local government.
Royal Commission on the Pike River coal mine tragedy
The website of the inquiry into the 2010 methane explosions at the Pike River coal mine.
More suggestions and sources
Robertson, Evelyn, and Peter H. Hughes. A checklist: New Zealand royal commissions and committees of inquiry, 1864–1981. Wellington: New Zealand Library Association, 1982.
Royal commissions and commissions of inquiry. Wellington: Government Printer, 1974.
Simpson, Alan C. ‘New Zealand royal commissions and commissions of inquiry, 1909–1972’. Unpublished MA thesis. Victoria University of Wellington, 1973.
