70 the  elusive  concept  of  “context”  and  material  outside  t  he  text  itself.  To  get  the complete picture one has to go to the text writers. 148 Modernisation  of  the  law  should  be  viewed  as  part  of  the  infrastructure  of  any modern democratic society committed to upholding the rule of law. Perhaps we should look seriously at a properly resourced process for consolidation that was effective in New Zealand in the early part of last century. Substantive modernisation falls to the law reform agencies, who should be better supported in their important work by governments and by more amenable parliamentary processes. 149 All this suggests that it will never be possible to design a perfect system for making the law accessible in an absolute sense. While that has to be acknowledged, at the same time modernisation must always be the objective. Consolidation, reprinting, codification, general reform, as well as improvements in the language and style of legislation are the principal mechanisms available. This is not, however, a journey that has an end.