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Storm damage to properties
With historic amounts of rain and flooding in many regions, this year has so far been challenging for many communities in the… Read article →New Zealand’s Resource Management Act Overhaul
For more than three decades, the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) has shaped how New Zealand uses land, builds homes and infrastructure,… Read article →
GST and land transactions
If you are buying or selling land (with or without a home on the section), it is important to have an accurate… Read article →
Trustees Signing Unlimited Bank Guarantees?
When you buy a house in your own name, and you need a loan to do it, you will be the borrower,… Read article →
Digital assets and your estate
For many New Zealanders, daily life is now as much online as it is offline. From internet banking and investment platforms to… Read article →
Emissions Trading Scheme
The Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will turn 17 years old in September. An integral part of the Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading)… Read article →
An opportunity to make a difference
Over the next few decades, New Zealand will go through the biggest shift of money in its history. As the older generation… Read article →
The office of executor: does it ever end?
An executor is named in a will as the person the will-maker appoints to administer their estate after their death and to… Read article →
Consumer Data Right
Every day, banks and electricity providers collect vast amounts of data about us. Although this data serves these businesses exceptionally well, its… Read article →