Tötung auf Verlangen
Assisted suicide was decriminalised after a binding referendum on New Zealand's End of Life Choices Act 2019. However, the legislation provides a year long delay before it takes effect on 6 November 2021. Under Section 179 of the Crimes Act 1961, it is illegal to 'aid and abet suicide' and this will remain the case outside the framework established under the End of Life Choices Act.