No date: If there is no year of publication, use the abbreviation (n.d.) for no date.
Report title: The Report title is in italics and is in sentence case, i.e. capitalise the first letter of the first word and the first word after a colon. Capitalise proper nouns.
Report number: If the report has a number, include it in brackets immediately after the title.
For more information on reference list format and style, see General information - basics of referencing.
Author. (Year of publication). Title of report (Report No. xx). Publisher. https://xxx
Author. (Year of publication). Title of report (Report No. xx). Publisher.
Note: If the author is also the publisher. Omit the publisher information.
Australia New Zealand Food Authority. (2001). Shellfish toxins in food: A toxicological review and risk assessment (Technical Report Series No. 14). https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/Documents/TR14.pdf
ESR. (2024, March). Climate change scenarios for the health sector. https://www.esr.cri.nz/digital-library/climate-change-scenarios-for-the-health-sector/
Ministry of Education-Te Tahuhu o te Matauranga. (2023, October). Te Ta¯huhu o te Ma¯tauranga/Ministry of Education Annual Report 2023: For the year ended 30 June 2023. https://www.education.govt.nz/our-work/publications/annual-report/annual-report-2023/
Network Strategies. (2019). Final report for Vocus and Vodafone: A cost-based price for layer 1 point to multi-point services: Executive summary (Report No. 38016A). Commerce Commission New Zealand. https://bit.ly/2seOFnJ
New Zealand Rugby. (2019). Annual report 2018. http://files.allblacks.com/publications/2018-NZR-Annual-Report.pdf
World Health Organization. (2018). Global status report on road safety 2018.
For personally authored reports, include the publishing organisation's name before the URL.
Author. (Year of publication). Title of report (Report No. or additional description if available). Publisher. https://xxx
Author. (Year of publication). Title of report (Report No. or additional description if available). Publisher.
Battershill, C. N. (1986). The marine benthos of caves, archways and vertical reef walls of the Poor Knights Islands. Retrieved from University of Auckland Research Repository, ResearchSpace. https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/36608
Freeman, T., & Cudmore, R. (2002). Review of odour management in New Zealand: Technical report (Air Quality Technical Report No. 24). Ministry for the Environment. https://environment.govt.nz/assets/Publications/Files/odour-tr-aug02.pdf
McKee, R., & Smith, E. (2003). Report on a survey of parents of ‘high’ & ‘very high needs’ deaf students in mainstream schools (Deaf Studies Research Unit Research Report No. 1). Victoria University of Wellington.
Whitney, L., May, S., & Lamy, M. (2014). PISA 2012: New Zealand financial literacy report. Ministry of Education.
For working groups/task force reports include the publishing organisation's name before the URL.
Author. (Year of publication). Title of report (Report No. or additional description if available). Publisher. https://xxx
Author. (Year of publication). Title of report (Report No. or additional description if available). Publisher.
Insolvency Working Group. (2016). Review of corporate insolvency law: Report No. 1 of the Insolvency Working Group, on insolvency practitioner regulation and voluntary liquidations. Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment. https://www.mbie.govt.nz/assets/5a5ee108bb/review-of-corporate-insolvency-law-1.pdf
Taskforce for Action on Violence Within Families. (2006). The first report. Ministry of Social Development.
Parenthetical citation: When you use another person’s ideas or words in your text, include the author’s name and publication date in brackets, generally at the end of the sentence, e.g. ... services closer to home (Bishop, 2024).
Narrative citation: If you use the author’s name as part of a sentence, include the date of publication in brackets, generally at the beginning of the sentence, e.g. Bishop (2024) argued that time was ...
Use the name of the group as it appears in your reference list. However, the group name can be abbreviated. The first time cite the full name with the abbreviation. Subsequently, only use the abbreviation. If the reader could be confused by the abbreviation use the full group name each time.
The report indicated that there would be a marked increase in the number of over 65 year olds remaining in the workforce (Ministry of Social Development, 2011).
... as shown in this report (Australia New Zealand Food Authority [ANZFA], 2001). The ANZFA (2001) reported that shellfish toxins were a major health risk.
Note: If you use a parenthetical citation the first time, followed by a narrative citation, you need to repeat the date.
The Ministry of Social Development (2011) stated that employers should be making the most of the baby boomers' expertise and experience.
The Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA, 2001) stated that the shellfish toxins can lead to paralytic shellfish poisoning. The ANZFA revealed that, in extreme cases, this can lead to death through respiratory paralysis.
Note: If you use a narrative citation the first time, followed by another narrative citation, you can omit the date. But, if you use a parenthetical citation the next time, you must include the date.