Story: Commissions of inquiry

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 the NZ History website 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 Unpublished MA thesis.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.