36 NZLSG Footnotes

NZLSG is a footnoting style with a bibliography at the end rather than an in-text style such as APA.

It means your writing will look like this:

This is my example.¹ [where you use a footnote each and every time you use a quotation or idea from a case, piece of legislation, book, journal article or other material to support your argument]

¹ My citation is here. [then at the bottom of each page you enter the full reference of the source for your reader to locate if needed]

Not

This is my example (Author, 2024). [this author–date style is an in-text citation style and is not used in law]

To insert a footnote within Microsoft Word:

1. Select the References tab;
2. Click Insert Footnote.

At the end of your work you will need a bibliography listing all the material you have read, even if you have not included them in a footnote to support a proposition within your argument.

Rule 2 of NZLSG provides guidance about the general format of footnotes.

NZLSG covers many different types of sources. Begin by identifying the type of source you need to reference and then locate the associated rule in NZLSG’s contents or index. Further information on how to cite specific sources is listed on the following pages.