Taking the lead with rural contracting
By the time you read this, hundreds of rural contractors from around the country will have met in four free regional roadshows, explains Andrew Olsen,...
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Voting in the local body elections is in progress and we are already turning our attention to the national elections next year, with the three-year...
Water services reform: What’s happening, and when?
We have received a number of questions about Government changes to water services delivery, write Paul Buetow, Partner; Ezekiel Hudspith, Partner; and Miles Rout, Solicitor...
The right steps for economic recovery
For the past 18 months or so, the civil construction sector (like other parts of the New Zealand construction industry) has experienced a sharp decline...
Meth spike a real worksite risk
Glenn Dobson, CEO of The Drug Detection Agency, writes that something has changed in our workplaces, and it’s not good. TDDA’s drug and alcohol screening...
The case for a smaller government executive
Based on a speech David Seymour gave to the Tauranga Business Chamber last month where he floated an idea about how we could transform government...
Issuing incorrect producer statements
Yet another consequence of wrongful producer statements is liability under section 40, which is explained by Brendan Cash (Partner) and Matt Murray (Law Graduate) in...
Improving the approvals/consents process
Christine Gordon, Senior Associate and Briana Lyons, Solicitor at Simpson Grierson look at legislative reforms aimed at streamlining the approvals/consents process, increasing competition in the...
Lest we forget
Image: “Selection” of Hungarian Jews on the ramp at Auschwitz II-Birkenau, May/June 1944. Back on 26 January David Seymour spoke at an event hosted by...
A message from the new NZTA chief
Brett Gliddon, Chief Executive, NZ Transport Agency Last month, I officially started as the new Chief Executive of NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) after...