08 April 2020 - By John Walton As we watch the COVID-19 infection rates, looking for them to flatten, we hope that the Government's strategy of avoiding rampant community transmission might work. While we hold our collective breaths and hope for the best, the economic future continues to look... More about Dispute resolution in a time of uncertainty.
08 April 2020 The Chief Human Rights Commissioner, Paul Hunt, is calling on the Government to respect the rights of people it is holding for detention purposes in its response to COVID-19, and wants independent monitoring to ensure that it is carried out.The Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier, meanwhile, says... More about Concerns about rights of people in detention during COVID-19.
08 April 2020 The Overseas Investment Office says that during the first quarter of 2020 it approved 72 applications for people with residency visas to buy homes to live in.The One Home to Live In pathway came in October 2018 with changes to the Overseas Investment Act 2005 to... More about Over 90% of One Home to Live In applications approved.
08 April 2020 Inland Revenue has provided information on recent updates by New Zealand to its lists of reportable jurisdictions and participating jurisdictions for the OECD/G20 Common Reporting Standard (CRS) for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters (commonly referred to as AEOI);As part of the OECD/G20... More about New Zealand updates AEOI reportable and participating jurisdiction lists.
08 April 2020 The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has released a guidance note for broadcasters when reporting on terrorism, violent extremism and crisis events.The guidance follows the issue of decisions by the BSA last year on broadcast coverage of the Christchurch mosque attacks.When it released its decisions last year,... More about BSA issues guidance on terrorism and extremism reporting.
08 April 2020 The Employment Relations Authority has provided information additional to that in its 24 March COVID-19 update. This covers service and affirmation of statements and affidavits, directions to mediation and timeframes for personal grievances.Personal grievance timeframesThe ERA says the statutory requirements for personal grievances to be raised... More about ERA updates guidance on service, procedure and timeframes.
07 April 2020 The Ministry of Justice has published online information on Property settlement guidance for lawyers during COVID-19. This brings together information from a range of sources including the New Zealand Law Society | Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa and Land Information New Zealand.The key focus of the... More about Ministry of Justice provides property settlement guidance.
07 April 2020 Chief Judge Christina Inglis has issued a revised COVID-19 Protocol for the Employment Court.The revised protocol makes changes in two clauses from the protocol issued on 25 March.Clause 3 now reads: "3. Matters set down for hearing in the Employment Court will be publicly notified on... More about Employment Court amends COVID-19 Protocol.
07 April 2020 The Criminal Cases Review Commission is finalising details of its Hamilton headquarters, shortlisting commissioners and getting a website ready, Chief Commissioner Colin Carruthers QC says.In an early April update on the Commission, Mr Carruthers says during the COVID-19 pandemic the government and businesses are adopting a... More about Chief Commissioner gives Criminal Cases Review Commission update.
07 April 2020 Ara Poutama Aotearoa Department of Corrections has released a list of prison email addresses.It says this is to facilitate lawyer correspondence during the epidemic.The department says lawyers should ensure the subject of email clearly states the following to assist with timely printing and delivery (exactly as... More about Ara Poutama Aotearoa Department of Corrections releases prison email addresses for lawyers.
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The Wildlife (Powers) Amendment Bill has received a third reading in Parliament and will come into force 28 days after…
9 February 2017
Parliament has given a third reading to the Charities Amendment Bill, which makes three amendments to the Charities Act 2005.The…
9 February 2017
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9 February 2017
Privacy Commissioner John Edwards has recommended to the Government that the penalty for a serious breach of personal information could…
9 February 2017
State Services Commissioner Peter Hughes has announced the appointment of Michael Heron QC to investigate allegations made against former staff…
9 February 2017
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8 February 2017
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3 February 2017
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2 February 2017
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2 February 2017
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2 February 2017
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2 February 2017
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