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FYI: Employment Law – Government Announces Changes to Employment Law

18 May 2012

Recently the Government has announced its intention to make changes to a number of areas of employment law, including approving the changes it proposed in its pre-election manifesto...

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FYI: Environment, Planning & Resource Management – Heritage New Zealand: Looking to the Future

10 May 2012

The Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Bill does a lot more than change the name of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (HPT) to Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (HNZ)...

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FYI: Employment Law – Case Law Update

07 May 2012

This FYI provides an update on recent topical decisions from the Employment Relations Authority and Employment Court...

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FYI: Overseas Investment – Lessons from the Crafar Consent

03 May 2012

The Government has, for the second time, approved Shanghai Pengxin Group’s purchase of 16 dairy farms, known as the Crafar farms...

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FYI: Dispute Resolution – Protecting your Online Reputation - Walking the Social Media Tightrope

30 Apr 2012

Twitter reportedly has more than 140 million active users. Facebook users post over 60 million status updates a day. Obviously, social media offers unprecedented opportunities to connect with customers, enhance reputation and build brand...

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FYI:Corporate Advisory – FMA Issues Revised Guidance on Securities Offering Documents

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has released its revised guidance note on effective disclosure for prospectuses and investment statements... MORE

FYI:Commercial Property – First Conviction for Unlicensed Real Estate Agency Work - The Penalties

Convictions for breach of the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 have been rare, which is why the case of Home Buyers Limited v Real Estate Agents Authority is a significant... MORE

FYI:Mining & Exploration – Refining New Zealand's Mineral Regime

The Government has been reviewing the regime governing minerals permitting in New Zealand, and is now seeking input on proposals to refine that regime... MORE

FYI:Employment Law – What does an Entitlement to an "Additional" Week's Leave Mean?

The increase in an employee’s annual holiday entitlement from three to four weeks came into effect on 1 April 2007... MORE

FYI:Local Government – An 8-Point Plan for Better Local Government?

Last week the Government released its 8-point plan for reforming local government "Better Local Government"... MORE

FYI:Construction – Licensed Building Practitioners - What you Need to Know

There is no doubt that the leaky homes crisis resulted in an overhaul of the building industry... MORE

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