Fineprint ISSUE 84 | AUTUMN 2021
1. Social media – intellectual property owner’s friend or foe?
2. Cyber security 101 for business
3. A child’s right to a relationship with both their parents
4. LIM reports and property files
5. Postscript
Download entire PDF or Word Doc.
FEATURE ARTICLE
Social media – intellectual property owner’s friend or foe?
Social media is a very powerful marketing tool. If used and managed properly, platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter can be a brand’s best friend.
COMMERCIAL eSPEAKING ISSUE 57 | SUMMER 2021
In this issue
1. Raising capital for your business
2. OIO temporary emergency notification requirement
3. Business Briefs
Download entire PDF or Word Doc.
FEATURE ARTICLE
Raising capital for your business
The COVID pandemic has paved the way for innovation, and many New Zealanders spent 2020 investing time and money into their new or existing businesses.
Rural eSPEAKING ISSUE 34 | SUMMER 2020
In this issue
1. Investment in Farming
2. The Finite Supply of Water
3. Over the Fence
Download entire PDF or Word Doc.
FEATURE ARTICLE
Investment in Farming
With the current low interest rate regime looking set to continue for some time, investors are increasingly looking at ways to generate a reasonable income either for their retirement or for other forms of saving.
Fineprint ISSUE 83 | SUMMER 2020
In this issue
1. Directorships mean significant obligations
2. Holiday houses
3. We’re buying a house together
4. Building a fence in town
5. Postscript
Download entire PDF or Word Doc.
FEATURE ARTICLE
Directorships mean significant obligations
Hefty consequences for getting it wrong when a company was in financial distress.
Property Speaking ISSUE 35 | SUMMER 2020
In this issue
1. Changes to the Building Act 2004
2. Understanding your property title
3. Property Briefs
Download entire PDF or Word Doc.
FEATURE ARTICLE
Changes to the Building Act 2004
Changes to the Building Act 2004 came into force on 31 August 2020. The changes vary the circumstances under which you are required to obtain a building consent.
COMMERCIAL eSPEAKING ISSUE 56 | SPRING 2020
In this issue
1. COVID relief roundup
2. OIO temporary emergency notification requirement
3. Property Briefs
Download entire PDF or Word Doc.
FEATURE ARTICLE
COVID relief roundup
Since the pandemic arrived on our shores, the government has made available multiple types of financial relief; more than one may be available to your business.
FINEPRINT ISSUE 82 | WINTER 2020
In this issue
1. Emission control: What the Zero Carbon Act means for business
2. Editorial: Our new normal post-COVID
3. Charities in New Zealand
4. Privacy in an ever-evolving digital age: New Privacy Act
5. Postscript
Download entire PDF or Word Doc.
FEATURE ARTICLE
Emission control: What the Zero Carbon Act means for business
One of the most significant pieces of new legislation introduced last year was the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Act 2019, more commonly referred to as the ‘Zero Carbon Act’.
Trust eSpeaking ISSUE 31 | SPRING 2020
In this issue
1.Legal documents signed during lockdown
2. Trustees’ decisions
3. Relationship property claims
Download entire PDF or Word Doc.
FEATURE ARTICLE
Legal documents signed during lockdown
During the COVID lockdown, special rules applied to the signing of some legal documents. Obviously it was, and is, not possible to have your signature witnessed by someone outside your bubble in Levels 3 and 4.
Rural eSPEAKING ISSUE 33 | WINTER – SPRING 2020
In this issue
1. Rural leases
2. National Environmental Standards for Freshwater 2020
3. Over the Fence
Download entire PDF or Word Doc.
FEATURE ARTICLE
Rural Leases
In the Autumn edition of Rural eSpeaking we discussed the situation that COVID had caused with leases where tenants were unable to access their premises due to lockdown restrictions.
COMMERCIAL eSPEAKING ISSUE 55 | WINTER 2020
In this issue
1. The Wellbeing Budget 2020: Rebuilding Together
2. Government’s COVID-19 wage subsidy scheme
3. Property Briefs
Download entire PDF or Word Doc.
FEATURE ARTICLE
The Wellbeing Budget 2020: Rebuilding Together
The government’s Budget, presented by the Minister of Finance the Hon Grant Robertson on 14 May has addressed, in the words of the Minister, “a 1-in-100 year health and economic challenge” as it moves to rebuild the economy post-COVID-19.
Property Speaking ISSUE 33 | AUTUMN 2020
In this issue
1. Adapting the agreements can help property developers
2. RAgreement for Sale and Purchase of Real Estate
3. Property Briefs
Download entire PDF or Word Doc.
FEATURE ARTICLE
Adapting the agreements can help property developers
There has been recent media attention on the way property development contracts are structured following the cancellation of a number of Agreements for Sale and Purchase by the developers of a project in Tawa, just north of Wellington.
Rural eSPEAKING ISSUE 31 | SUMMER 2019
In this issue
1. Action Plan for Healthy Waterways
2. On-farm emissions reduction
3. Over the Fence
Download entire PDF or Word Doc.
FEATURE ARTICLE
Action Plan for Healthy Waterways
Water quality is no new issue in Aotearoa New Zealand, but it is a growing one. On 31 October 2019, the government closed submissions on the Action Plan for Healthy Waterways
DISCLAIMER: All the information published in the newsletters is true and accurate to the best of the authors’ knowledge. It should not be a substitute for legal advice. No liability is assumed by the authors or publisher for losses suffered by any person or organisation relying directly or indirectly on this newsletter. Views expressed are those of individual authors, and do not necessarily reflect the view of this firm. Articles appearing in Property Speaking may be reproduced with prior approval from the editor and credit given to the source.
