01 April 2020 Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has told a parliamentary select committee that tranche one of its project to build a replacement system for Landonline is currently on track for a June 2020 completion.This is included in the 2018/19 Annual review of Land Infofmation New Zealand which... More about June 2020 on track for tranche one of Landonline replacement.
01 April 2020 According to ACC more injuries happen in the home than anywhere else, and with a large number of people working from home just now, including of course most lawyers, there is the potential for the number of accidents occurring at home to balloon.ACC data show that,... More about Don’t get injured while home-working during the lockdown.
01 April 2020 Parliament's Environment Committee has released its report on the Resource Management Amendment Bill, with a majority recommending that the bill be passed.The bill is intended to be the first stage of proposed changes to the resource management system. The second stage will depend on a wider... More about Committee reports back on Resource Management Amendment Bill.
01 April 2020 The Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance (Exemptions for COVID-19) Amendment Regulations 2020 came into force on 1 April 2020.The regulations amend the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Regulations 2004. and provide exemptions from certain requirements of the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003 where the... More about New regulation provides COVID-19 exemptions from credit contracts.
01 April 2020 The Ministry of Primary Industries has issued a Notice Specifying Fish Species Which May Be Farmed (2020) (Notice No. MPI 1134).This is issued pursuant to regulation 2 of the Freshwater Fish Farming Regulations 1983 and revokes the Notice Specifying Fish Species Which May Be Farmed notice... More about Updated list of fish which may be farmed.
01 April 2020 Civil Defence Minsiter Peeni Henare says the State of National Emergency to help stop the spread of COVID-19 has been extended for a further seven days.The initial declaration was made under section 66 of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002 and began at 12:21 pm... More about State of National Emergency extended for seven more days.
01 April 2020 The Council of Trade Unions has launched an online tool for workers to identify employers who “aren’t doing the right thing” during the COVID-19 period.CTU President Richard Wagstaff says he is concerned that some employers are not following the law.“We continue to hear really concerning reports... More about Union tool for reporting non-complying employers during crisis.
31 March 2020 Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) says the Registrar-General of Land has decided that any new requests to serve notice under section 143 of the Land Transfer Act 2017 will not be actioned for the time being."While applications made under s143(1) via Landonline will be received, notice... More about LINZ will not action s143 caveat lapsing notices.
31 March 2020 At 29 February 2020 a total of $588,624,387 was owed to the Ministry of Justice due to unpaid infringement fines and court-imposed fines.This information was released by Justice Minister Andrew Little in response to a written parliamentary question from National MP Mark Mitchell.The infringements include collection... More about $588 million owed in unpaid infringements and fines.
31 March 2020 Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has published an interim guideline to assist practitioners who are, for the time being, unable to interact with their clients other than by remote means of communication.The interim guideline sets out requirements for remote verification of client identity and the legal... More about LINZ provides interim guideline for remote verification of client identity.
7 November 2019
New Zealand Police Commissioner Mike Bush, the Police Māori Focus Forum and iwi leaders, have launched Te Huringa o Te…
7 November 2019
Technology law firm Simmonds Stewart says it has launched a suite of fixed price offers for New Zealand startups.It says…
7 November 2019
Changes to the Family Court are needed to help protect women and children from financial abuse, AUT academic Ayesha Scott…
7 November 2019
A National Party suggestion in an advertisement of cuts to road safety funding has been ruled misleading.National’s flyer contained a…
7 November 2019
A fully diverse judiciary is important to the quality of the substantive law. This is because the path that judges…
6 November 2019
The Serious Fraud Office says it has charged four people for allegedly manipulating Westland District Council's procurement process for financial…
6 November 2019
A New Zealand Gazette notice says that on 5 September 2019 the terrorist designations of 10 entities were renewed pursuant…
6 November 2019
Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier says he has commenced another round of self-initiated investigations into the official information practices of selected…
6 November 2019
The Government has released a discussion document, Climate-related financial disclosures: Understanding your business risks and opportunities related to climate change.The…
6 November 2019
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that an advertisement claiming that “ice cream makes you happy” is socially irresponsible.The…
5 November 2019
The Government has agreed to regulate paramedics under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003, Health Minister David Clark says.He…
5 November 2019
The Ministry of Justice has released a report which analyses 23,739 sexual violence victimisations reported to Police between July 2014…
31 October 2019
International law firm DLA Piper is commemorating the centenary of the appointment of the first woman to be appointed partner…
31 October 2019
Dispute resolution business Financial Services Complaints Ltd says it investigated 258 cases and resolved 4,952 complaints and inquiries from customers…
31 October 2019
The Governance and Administration select committee has reported on the Ombudsmen (Protection of Name) Amendment Bill but cannot agree on…
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