Editing Assisted suicide (section)

===New Zealand===
{{Main|Euthanasia in New Zealand}}

Assisted suicide was decriminalised after a binding [[2020 New Zealand euthanasia referendum|referendum in 2020]] on New Zealand's [[End of Life Choice Act 2019]]. The legislation provided for a year-long delay before it took effect on 6 November 2021.<ref>{{Cite web| vauthors = Mercer P |date=8 November 2021|title=New Zealand Voluntary Euthanasia Law Comes into Effect|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/new-zealand-voluntary-euthanasia-law-comes-into-effect-/6304189.html|url-status=live|access-date=12 November 2021|website=VOA|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108101144/https://www.voanews.com/a/new-zealand-voluntary-euthanasia-law-comes-into-effect-/6304189.html |archive-date=8 November 2021 }}</ref> 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 Choice Act.