³⁸Johan Steyn,  Pepper v Hart: A Re-exam ination, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Vol 21, No 1 (20 01), p 59.      ³⁹Some Reflections on the Reading of Statutes. Landmarks of Law, p 210. See also Columbia U niversity Law Review, Vol 47, N o 4 p  527 .      ⁴⁰(2000) 186 ALR 289, 307. 27 without controversy.³⁸  Two eminent Judges writing over half a century apart and on opposite sides of the common law world have each spoken about the inherent problems of resorting to external sources to interpret legislation. In his celebrated address in 1947 to the New York Bar Association, Justice Felix Frankfurter refers to the old adage that “only  when legislative history is doubtful, do you go to the statute”.³⁹  Justice Kirby  voiced the same misgivings in Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust v South Sydney City Council when he said: In statutory construction, there is a tend ency, noted in several recent cases, for judges and others  to  look  first  to  a  number  of  external  sources  for  guidance,  including  judicial generalities or lega l history. It is as if some who have the responsibility of interpretation of legal words find the rea ding and a nalysis of the texts themselves distasteful, like de ntists happy to talk about the pro blem  but loath to pull a tooth. In statutory construction this error of approach must be rooted out. The proper place to start is the statute. A wide range of other materials may now be ac cessed, if need  be, to a ssist in the task. But the task remains that of finding meaning o f the legislation from the text, not from other m aterials.⁴⁰ 48 Context  is  crucial  in  understanding  the  meaning  of  the  statutory  text.  Other legislation that deals with related aspects of the subject matter of a particular statute may also affect its interpretation. A legislative regime might consist of a statute and delegated legislation that a reader needs to know about. Legislative history may be relevant. International law may also affect meaning. In a recent article, Mark Gobbi identified out of a total of 700 New Zealand public statutes 92 public statutes giving