Tricky times for employers who need to remain agile & flexible in responding to COVID vaccination related challenges.

This is a good time to update your employment agreements to ensure that all of the recent amendments have been included.

Are you worried about radiation from power lines? Margo Perpick discusses a recent case arising from the erection of new power lines after the 1998 power crisis in Auckland.

These RMA changes require councils to update some of their processes, particularly in relation to resource consents.

This Report makes recommendations for the monitoring, testing and management of water supplies for safer drinking water.

Brief summary of each of the new freshwater rules, highlighting some of their more interesting or impactful aspects.

Government has achieved its aspirations to reform the resource management system in New Zealand.

Asset planning is a lifetime's work for most of us, so don't make decisions on flawed assumptions.

Despite criticism from some members of the public, the Bill addresses oral health problems currently facing New Zealand.

Increased housing density has been given the green light through changes to the Resource Management Act 1991.

Proposal to replace regional councillors with a board of local mayors - known as a Combined Territories Board (CTB).

In its first case to consider Fair Trading Act sentencing, the Court of Appeal reduced fines imposed by the High Court.

The Supreme Court held that NZ courts do have jurisdiction to exclude improperly obtained evidence in civil proceedings.

Privacy breaches must now be reported as soon as possible to the NZ Privacy Commissioner and to any affected individuals.

The case appears to entrench the courts' expansion of a duty of care owed by councils to all forms of building owners.

The decision is only a preliminary one but the Court's analysis of the standard form construction contract is important.

New Regulations place substantial new obligations on farm operators to prepare, certify, comply with.

This article focuses on the liability of real estate agents for incorrect information from the vendor or a third party.

Guardians are expected to act in the child's best interest at all times and must consult with each other and agree on important decisions.

This article explains how those appointments work, why it's important to take action now, and what happens if you don't leave a will.