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2 September 2022

Government's controversial tax Bill unpacked

On 30 August 2022 the Government released its Taxation (Annual Rates for 2022-23, Platform Economy, and Remedial Matters) Bill (Bill).

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5 August 2022

A Boost for First Home Buyers

The Government announced some relieving changes in the heated housing market for First Home Grants, First Home Loans, and the Kāinga Whenua Loan Scheme.   The changes took effect on 1 June 2022.

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28 July 2022

The 2021 Residence category is drawing to a close... so what's next?

The 2021 residence policy was unprecedented, effectively a lolly scramble for the vast majority of migrants who had been in NZ throughout the pandemic to become residents.

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22 July 2022

Update for Southern Response Claimants

In the 2020 case Southern Response Earthquake Services v Dodds [2020] NZCA 395, the Court of Appeal ruled that Southern Response (SR) had engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct when undertaking insurance settlements prior to October 2014.

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16 March 2022

Policing the Vaccine

Does the recent Defence Force and Police decision mark the end of vaccine mandates?   The COVID-19 landscape is ever changing and the recent case of Yardley Wallace and a Defence Force Worker v the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety…

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26 January 2022

Show Some Restraint

Restraint of Trade Clauses in Employment Agreements The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) has confirmed that Discovery, the parent company of Three, can enforce its Restraint of Trade clause against political reporter, Tova O’Brien.

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