The New Zealand Government has released its much awaited discussion document entitled Business Tax Review. Readers of the discussion document may feel somewhat deflated – the hope was for a document containing proposals for reform that would be of benefit to businesses across the country, however, the reality is a document that contains very little in terms of details of proposed reforms and certainly contains nothing new.

Brainstorming is planned so that participants are motivated to extract good ideas to be then plugged into the business.

Discusses business opportunity for overseas investment regimes in NZ.

Budget 2012 has its hands down the sides of the couch for loose change, to bring the books back into balance by 2014/15.

2008 will see some major changes for the New Zealand insurance industry with the tabling of two Bills in late 2007 for the financial industry at large, and a further bill specific to insurance contracts to be tabled shortly.

Anti-spam legislation has always been envisaged as part of a multi-faceted approach to a problem which now accounts for a significant proportion of all electronic mail traffic. But, Belinda Barclay,an associate with the Christchurch Lawlink firm of Wynn Williams & Co asks, what will the proposed anti-spam Bill do for New Zealand businesses and what should they be doing now?

2006 has seen unprecedented change in the financial services sector. It is a full time job to not only adapt to the changes but also to anticipate the developments that are ahead.

The KiwiSaver Bill will progress in parallel with the tender process, providers will be in the unenviable position of tendering to provide services while there is still uncertainty and a lack of detail in a number of key areas. We elaborate on this.

IP issues can actually drive most strategic considerations, so an IP strategy should be aligned with business strategy. .

Mining is central to the economic strategy but recent tragedies have shown the need for a robust regulatory framework.