Publications

Community Law Wellington & Hutt Valley produce a range of plain language legal guides designed to help you and your whānau navigate your legal rights.

The Community Law Manual, our rauemi matua, contains easy-to-read summaries of laws that impact many areas of community, whānau and personal life. You can find answers to your tricky legal questions in the free Community Law Manual online.

To buy the annually updated 1000+ page book version of the Manual, or to buy or download free any of our other titles including Lag Law: Your Rights in Prison and on Remand, check out our bookshop. Our publications are full of answers to the questions real people face.

Our publishing team occasionally works on commission. If your organisation would like help to produce professional, plain language resources for your community, we are interested in hearing from you.

Please email publications@wclc.org.nz.

Staff working in this area

Tiana Frittelli

Tiana (she/her) is our Kaihautū Tānga / Publications Director based mainly in our Pōneke office. Tiana leads and supports our publications team. The team produce our written resources, including our flagship publication, the Community Law Manual. Tiana also works within the general rōia / legal team, providing legal advice and ongoing support to clients with a range of legal issues.

Get in touch with Tiana to chat about the Community Law Manual or any of our other resources!

Email: tiana@wclc.org.nz

Brigid Quirke

Brigid (she/her) is a Kaituhi Rauemi / Legal Resource Writer. She researches and writes for the Community Law Manual, our flagship plain language guide to your rights in Aotearoa New Zealand. Brigid has a background in law and literature. She is a current Masters student at Te Herenga Waka, with research focused on contemporary Palestinian resistance poetry. 

 You can get in touch with Brigid at brigid@wclc.org.nz

Nalin Samountry

Nalin is a Kaituhi Rauemi Ture – Legal Resource Writer, primarily working on writing and updating content for the Community Law Manual. The Manual sets out legal information in an accessible way for everyday users. She welcomes feedback on what legal information you would like to see in the Manual.

email: Nalin@wclc.org.nz

Claire Downey

Claire (she/her) (Ngāti Kahungunu) is the Sales & Sponsorship Coordinator for the Publications team and is also completing her Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Art History at Te Herenga Waka. Claire works on marketing and distributing our publications, and securing purchases and sponsorships, especially for our flagship resource, the Community Law Manual. At the core of Claire’s work is liaising with law firms and community organisations across the motu to get the Manual to those who need it.

To kōrero about sponsoring a Manual, get in touch at publications@wclc.org.nz