26 February 2020 Wuhan lawyer Lisa Wang has told CNN that she was quarantined on Tuesday 18 February despite having recovered from the coronavirus. She was forced into a makeshift quarantine centre at a technology park, putting her at risk of cross-infection with hundreds of other patients in the... More about Wuhan lawyer quarantined despite being free of coronavirus.
26 February 2020 The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has released its updated Election Programmes Code ahead of the 19 September General Election.The code standards and guidelines apply to election programmes - election advertisements broadcast on television and radio by or for political parties and candidates - in the run-up... More about Authority releases new broadcasting code ahead of election.
26 February 2020 Immigration New Zealand has provided information on the extended travel restrictions for some foreign travellers to New Zealand.In an update at 5:00pm on 24 February 2020, INZ said that as part of its response to managing the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, the New Zealand Government extended the... More about Latest COVID-19 coronavirus restrictions.
26 February 2020 A former Auckland Council employee has pleaded guilty to a corruption charge brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).The SFO says Sundeep Dilip Rasila (42) has admitted accepting a $7,500 bribe while a council employee in the Auckland High Court. Mr Rasila was employed by Auckland... More about Former council employee admits receiving kickback.
26 February 2020 MBIE has released a discussion paper on the issues raised in Improving business-to-business payment practices.Small Business Minister Stuart Nash says he is considering stricter rules around payment practices between businesses.“Late payments from large organisations to smaller suppliers can be crippling for these businesses,” Mr Nash said.“I... More about Legislation may target late payments to small business.
26 February 2020 A disconnect between a business' risk assessment and AML/CFT programme, and how these documents are used in practice was a common factor observed by the Department of Internal Affairs in the year to 30 June 2019.The department has released a Regulatory Findings Report for Anti-Money Laundering... More about AML/CFT risk assessment and implementation disconnect, says DIA.
25 February 2020 The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has updated its list of "high risk and other monitored jurisdictions", the Department of Internal Affairs says.The additional countries on the FATF list are Albania, Barbardos, Jamaica, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nicaragua and Uganda.Trinidad and Tobago have come off the list and... More about Seven countries added to FATF high risk and monitored list.
25 February 2020 The defendants in the National Party donations case have pleaded not guilty to charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO)The SFO says four men entered their pleas today during their first appearance in the Auckland District Court.The former National MP Jami-Lee Matenga Ross (34), who... More about Quartet plead not guilty in National Party donations case.
25 February 2020 The Takeover Panel has withdrawn its Guidance Note on the Panel’s Receipt of Takeover Documents.It says the note was published in 2001 when the Takeovers Code first came into force, at a time when market participants required guidance on the Panel’s role in the receipt and... More about Takeovers Panel withdraws document receipt guidance note.
24 February 2020 Colin Carruthers QC has been appointed Chief Commissioner of the Criminal Cases Review Commission for an 18-month term, effective from 1 February 2020.The Commission will be based in Hamilton, with Justice Minister Andrew Little saying it is important that the CCRC is independent from the big... More about Chief of Criminal Cases Review Commission announced.
22 May 2019
The District Court Sexual Violence Court Pilot will continue as usual while its final evaluation is completed, assessed and the…
22 May 2019
The New Zealand Police say they have met with victims' families and survivors of the 15 March Christchurch attack to…
22 May 2019
It took an average of 634 days for a coronial inquiry to be completed in the year to 30 June…
22 May 2019
Health Minister David Clark has introduced the Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlements Amendment Bill to Parliament.The bill gives effect to…
21 May 2019
Five Deputy Chairpersons have been appointed to the Human Rights Review Tribunal. This follows changes made by sections 101A to…
20 May 2019
A South Island construction company has been ordered to pay fines, reparation and costs of more than $500,000 after a…
20 May 2019
Findings from the New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey show more needs to be done to prevent victimisation and re-victimisation,…
20 May 2019
Auckland barrister Faumui Penelope (Lope) Ginnen has been appointed a District Court Judge to be based in Manukau. Judge Ginnen.…
16 May 2019
Waikato-based law firm Tompkins Wake has launched a technology-driven legal service which it says it designed to disrupt the market…
16 May 2019
CERT NZ has advised that Microsoft has released information about an issue in older Windows operating systems which allows attackers…
16 May 2019
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron have led a group of world leaders, tech companies…
16 May 2019
With another busy period for amalgamations coming up, the New Zealand Companies Office is reminding customers to prepare their documents…
16 May 2019
New Zealand consistently outranks other developed countries in rates of family violence while overall our homicide rate of 1.6 per…
16 May 2019
The Education and Workforce Committee has released a report after examining the Equal Pay Amendment Bill and recommends that it…
16 May 2019
Can a landlord justify collecting nationality or ethnicity information from a prospective tenant? Almost never says the Office of the…
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