APA 7th Edition Referencing Guide1

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Legislation/Acts

Legislation and acts are unique types of references. You only need the full title, the country abbreviation (if the act or legislation is not from New Zealand), and the URL. If the act or legislation is from New Zealand, you can leave the country abbreviation out. 

Full Title of Legislation or Act in Title Case (Country abbreviation if not NZ). URL or PDF URL

Example

Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights) Regulations 1996

Referencing a webpage or a PDF file

Webpages and PDFs are referenced the same.

BPAC web articles

BPAC web articles are referenced as webpages. They are not journal articles. 

Website as Author. (Year). Title of article in italic sentence case: Subtitle in italic sentence case. Retrieved Month Day, Year, from URL

Codes of practice, ethical codes, etc.
These are not legislation, but a professional standard or code of practice/ethics. They can be referenced in the same way as a website/PDF.

Competencies for Registered Nurses (Nursing Council of New Zealand)

Fonofale of Model of Health

New Zealand Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal

The Wave tool (Image from a PDF)

The below image is from a PDF. The image has a named author but no date of creation. It also has no title, so one was created for the reference list entry. See here for more information on referencing images without titles. 

In a POWERPOINT PRESENTATION (image included)

In a written assignment (text, or an image not included, only mentioned)

In a written assignment (image included)

Newsletters, pamphlets, booklets, forms etc.

Newsletters, pamphlets, booklets and forms are all referenced in the same way as a webpage or PDF, with some small differences:

• Include as much date information as is supplied
• Include a description of the format in square brackets if the format is not clear from the title
• If it is a physical copy, simply leave out the URL 

Nursing Council of New Zealand pānui/newsletter

Te Whatu Ora resources - Client confidentiality 

For forms, plans, etc., obtained from a Te Whatu Ora region that could compromise client confidentiality (i.e. the client could be identified more easily if the region or specific date is known):

• The name of the region will need to remain anonymous
• Use an X in place of the region's name
• Use the year only

For generic documents (a real client is not involved, so confidentiality is not an issue):

• Use the Te Whatu Ora name in full, e.g. Te Whatu Ora Waikato
• Include as much date information as is supplied

KuraCloud
If you have used information from resources your tutor has put on KuraCloud—including information within PowerPoint presentations—you must reference the original source.

However, if your tutor is the author of the information, reference your tutor and include the type of material in [square brackets]. Include the title of the KuraCloud page in the retrieval details. 

Author Surname, A. (Year). Title of resource in italic sentence case [Description of format]. Name of Institution Title of Module and Module Code in Title Case. Website homepage URL