Changes to the Overseas Investment Act have now been passed by Parliament and come into effect on 22 October 2018. What do these changes mean for you?
Caroline Mason
New Zealand Immigration Update: October 2018
Application fees for New Zealand visas are set to rise dramatically, on 5 November 2018. These changes were made following a period of public consultation.
Greg Boyed, a well-known and talented New Zealand news presenter, passed away suddenly in August. In a statement released by his family, they said Greg suffered from depression. His death reignited the public conversation around New Zealand’s high rates of mental illness and suicide, and the role the workplace ...
Often we are contacted by a child, after the death of a parent, to see whether they should make a claim against their parent’s estate. They may be unhappy with the size of the provision for them, or may have been excluded completely. Equally we have faced questions from ...
Most who run businesses that are exposed to environmental risks such as farming and heavy industry have long been aware of the importance of holding relevant and realistic public liability and statutory liability insurance coverage.
The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has set up a register to record allegations of sexual misconduct in the workplace. This comes following a direction from the Women’s Minister, Julie Anne Genter, in the broader social context of the #metoo movement.
New Zealand Immigration Update: September 2018
Under our Companies Act liquidators can come knocking to recover funds that companies have paid to creditors months (and years) prior. The liquidator’s powers of claw back are not widely understood by creditors, and to many the powers seem inherently unfair. In this article, we address what the claw-back ...
New Zealand Immigration
Update: August 2018
New Zealand Immigration
Update: August 2018
District Plans are the documents prepared under the Resource Management Act that control what land-use activities are permitted or will require consent in the district the plan relates to, and why.
This makes them fundamentally important if you are intending a development be it large or small.
If you are planning to purchase a property, whether it is residential or commercial, then it is highly recommended you carry out proper due diligence on the purchase.
The tender process is widely used in commercial property where an owner is engaging building contractors or is selling a property. Requests for tenders can create a separate process contract and this process contract has implied duties and obligations. It is important to understand these duties and obligations and also ...