Westlaw New Zealand

Using AI for legal research is straightforward. Just type your questions in plain English, the same way you’d ask a colleague. Instead of building complicated search strings, the AI quickly scans through cases, laws, and regulations to pull out what’s relevant. It doesn’t just find the information, it organises and summarises it so you can understand the key points faster. What used to take hours of reading and cross-checking can now be done in minutes. You spend less time searching and more time applying the law to your work.

A hallucination happens when AI gives an answer that looks convincing but isn’t accurate. To reduce this risk, Westlaw New Zealand uses a method called Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). This means the AI is grounded in trusted Thomson Reuters content when creating responses. Every answer comes with source citations, so you can easily check the original materials yourself. Just like when working with a skilled trainee or paralegal today, it’s still important to verify the results and do any follow-up research.

There are 30 different legal practice areas to choose from in Westlaw NZ. From Administrative & Public Law to Wills & Succession and everything in-between we have the practice area content for you.

All 30 of our practice areas and their content are available to view on our website. Just click on the practice area you are interested in, and it will show you the contents. At Westlaw NZ we are setting the standard for first class legal research content, giving you confidence your results are comprehensive and current, so you can provide your clients with the best advice in their time of need.

You must be a Westlaw New Zealand subscriber to use pay-per-view (PPV). PPV is where users search for content outside of their Westlaw New Zealand subscription and can make one-off purchases for content they don't subscribe to. This is a good way to supplement your subscription for areas of law you do not practice frequently, but still need first class legal research content, giving you the confidence in your results to provide your clients with the best advice.

Plans for Westlaw New Zealand are based on an annual subscription model. All subscriptions include the Essentials (including NZ cases and legislation), with optional additional content sets available to meet your specific needs (including legal practice area packages, Tracker Analytics, and Premium News). New subscriptions to Westlaw New Zealand include AI-Assisted Research capabilities. If your practice expands into other areas of law, you can add other content sets to your subscription at any time. Westlaw New Zealand has your legal research needs covered.