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Significant changes post-M.bovis The NAIT (National Animal Identification and Tracing) system was first introduced in 2012 and came into effect progressively until it was fully implemented on 29 February 2016. Any completely new system is likely to need a review after being in operation for a period of time.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council announced changes to short-term visitor accommodation rules, covering the likes of Airbnb, for certain zones earlier this year – but that didn’t account for all properties.

It was quite the surreal situation ... the former Prime Minister in the dock – not as a star witness, but as a defendant. How paradoxical that such an accomplished luminary – someone who’d once run the entire country – was accused of failing so terribly in her governance of a construction company.

Your business is growing and heading in the right direction – but at the same time you have new responsibilities and risks.

Employers have a thousand new reasons to ensure all employment agreements are in writing as of May 6.

If you’re in business and employ staff, there is a raft of newly-implemented and incoming employment changes – and, you need to be not only across them, but actively prepared.

A 2018 Court of Appeal decision[1] has made a director liable for almost $500,000 of company debt due to the company’s failure to keep adequate accounting records.

The recent collapses of construction companies have taken many in the industry by surprise, particularly subcontractors who were owed retention moneys.