Our History

1818

Founded by Henry Butterworths in London
1914

First Butterworths office opens in Civil Service Club Building, nr Stout & Balance St, Wellington, New Zealand
1915

New Zealand Law Reports first published
1924

Butterworths NZ opens in Auckland
1928

Butterworths Fortnightly Notes (1925-28)
1970s

Pioneer of the loose-leaf revolution
1990s

First to deliver content on CD ROM
1995

Butterworths Online™, the first online legal research service
2004

LexisNexis AU® is launched
2009

Legislation in e-books
2010

Over 1,000 international titles, development of mobile tools
2011

LexisNexis® Practical Guidance®
2012

LexisNexis Red® is launched
2015

Lexis Advance™, Lexis for Microsoft Office™, Lexis Learning™

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