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Election 2026 | Government advertising in an election year
29 Apr 2026
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Send us your feedback In this episode of the Election 2026 podcast series, Solicitor Michael O’Brien is joined by Partner Briony Davies and Senior A...
[DRAFT] Tech Suite | Bitcoin to bricks: Cryptocurrency property transactions in New Zealand
19 Apr 2026
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Election 2026 | Social media, employment consequences of political activity, and public service neutrality
16 Apr 2026
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Tech Suite | Know when to let go: Data retention in the age of big data
29 Mar 2026
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Send us your feedback In this episode, privacy law specialists Richard Wells and Suzy McMillan consider the legal framework governing data retention a...
Tech Suite | Modernising payments in New Zealand: A global perspective
17 Mar 2026
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Banking Senior Associate Emma Geard, speaks with Philip Bruno, Chief Strategy and Growth Officer at ACI Worldwi...
Election 2026 | Show me the money: Political donations and election expense limits
10 Mar 2026
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Tech Suite | Fast track or false start? Navigating Heads of Agreement and Letters of Intent
01 Mar 2026
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Partner Richard Wells and Senior Associate Sarah Redding from our Corporate and Commercial team discuss Heads o...
Tech Suite | What insurers want to know about their customers' use of AI
15 Feb 2026
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Technology Partner Tom Maasland and Litigation Partner Andrew Horne examine AI through an insurance risk lens, ...
Tech Suite | Legal privilege meets artificial intelligence
02 Feb 2026
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Technology Partner Tom Maasland is joined by Senior Associate Oliver Sutton from our Litigation team to examine...
Jumping Ship: Waka-jumping, Parliamentary proportionality and the Courts
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us your feedback In the first episode of our new Election 2026 series, Litigation and Public Law Partner, Briony Davies, Special Counsel Daniel F...
Unpacking the Holidays Act
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us your feedback In this follow up episode, Partners Gillian Service and Megan Evans, discuss the Holidays Act reform. They explore why the refor...
Tech Suite | Reconnecting with ChatGPT: The evolution of AI language models
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us your feedback In our final episode for 2025, Technology Partner Tom Maasland reconnects with ChatGPT, now powered by GPT-5.2, to explore the r...
Sustainable Impact: Air New Zealand's sustainability journey
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us your feedback In this episode, Sustainability Leader and Partner Holly Hill sits down with Matt Connolly, Air New Zealand's Sustainabilit...
Tech Suite | Powering up with V2G technology
30 Nov 2025
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Technology Partner Kate Cruickshank sits down with Buddhika Rajapakse, Associate Director at Concept Consulting...
Tech Suite | Supporting smooth business transitions
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us your feedback In this episode, Partner Tom Maasland and Senior Solicitor Abbey James from our Technology team unpack Transitional Services Agr...
Tech Suite | Game on: Legal essentials for creative industries
02 Nov 2025
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Partner Kate Cruickshank, and Special Counsel Lauren Archer from our Technology team, discuss how to structure ...
Tech Suite | Face value: Privacy insights on Facial Recognition Technology
19 Oct 2025
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Send us your feedback In this episode, privacy experts Richard Wells and Suzy McMillan take a close look at the use of facial recognition technology (...
Tech Suite | Cryptocurrency law: Navigating jurisdiction, scams, and enforcement
05 Oct 2025
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Financial Services Partner Jeremy Muir speaks with Litigation Senior Associate Oliver Sutton about the legal co...
Trusted Insights | Understanding tax residency in New Zealand: What new migrants need to know under Active Investor Plus
15 Sep 2025
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Trusted Insights | Understanding property acquisition pathways for AIP visa holders
14 Sep 2025
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Trusted Insights | Navigating the Active Investor Plus Visa: Opportunities for high-value immigration
11 Sep 2025
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Tech Suite | New Zealand crypto trends with Nicolas Turnbull
07 Sep 2025
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Financial Services partner Jeremy Muir sits down with Nicolas Turnbull, Co-Founder of Crypto Consulting NZ, to ...
Tech Suite | New Zealand as the next data centre frontier
24 Aug 2025
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Technology Partner Tom Maasland and Senior Associate Jess Bremner, discuss the opportunities and challenges in ...
Sustainable Impact | WLG Summit Riga 2025: ESG Ripple Effect | Part two
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Sustainable Impact | WLG Summit Riga 2025: ESG Ripple Effect | Part one
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Judgment Junction | Shareholders lose their right of access to a company's legal advice
13 Aug 2025
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Send us your feedback In this episode of Judgment Junction, Litigation Partner Jane Standage and Senior Associate Olivia de Pont, discuss the Privy Co...
Tech Suite | Privacy reform: Preparing for IPP 3A
10 Aug 2025
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Privacy experts Richard Wells and Suzy McMillan discuss the Privacy Amendment Bill, with a focus on the propose...
Data Room | Dealmaker Series: W&I Broker – Andrew Stubbings, Willis Tower Watson
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Tech Suite | Managing troubled tech projects
03 Aug 2025
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Jane Parker and Hannah Jaques, share practical legal insights on how to effectively navigate tech project dispu...
Data Room | Dealmakers Series: KPMG Edward Meredith and David King
22 Jul 2025
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Data Room | Dealmakers Series: Advisor Beini Guo from PwC
09 Jul 2025
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Send us your feedback In this episode Corporate Partner Tayla Johnston is joined by Beini Guo, a Director in the Corporate Finance team at PwC. Bein...
Litigation Forecast 2025 | What to do when the regulator calls
25 Jun 2025
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Tech Suite | AI Impact Series: Highlights and insights
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us your feedback In this episode, Technology partners, Kate Cruickshank and Tom Maasland, share their reflections on the AI Impact Series, drawin...
Data Room | Dealmakers Series: Private Equity Executive – Simon Kriechbaum from Five V Capital
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us your feedback In this episode of Data Room’s Dealmaker Series, Partner Neil Millar speaks with Simon Kriechbaum from Five V Capital, a priva...
Tech Suite | AI Impact Series: A focus on the AEC sector
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us your feedback In this episode, Technology partner Tom Maasland speaks with Maria Mingallon, Regional Knowledge and Information Manager and Dig...
Tech Suite | AI Impact Series: A focus on agriculture
08 Jun 2025
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Technology Partner Tom Maasland speaks with Craig Pattison, Business Strategist and COO at Capability Collectiv...
Litigation Forecast 2025: Industry overhaul: Contracts of Insurance Act 2024
02 Jun 2025
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Send us your feedback In this episode of the 2025 Litigation Forecast Podcast Series, Partner Andrew Horne, is joined by Senior Associate Hannah Jaque...
Tech Suite | AI Impact Series: A focus on the environment
02 Jun 2025
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Send us your feedback In this episode, of our special AI Impact series, Technology Partner Kate Cruickshank talks with Professor Albert Bifet, Directo...
Tech Suite | AI Impact Series: A focus on healthcare
25 May 2025
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Kate Cruickshank talks with Kieran Erasmuson, co-founder and COO of Script Sense about how AI is reshaping the ...
Tech Suite | AI Impact Series: A focus on education
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us your feedback In this episode, of our special AI Impact series, Technology Partner Tom Maasland interviews Dr Geri Harris, Director of the Bus...
Tech Suite | AI Impact Series: A focus on creative industries
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us your feedback In this episode, Partner Kate Cruickshank talks with Chantelle Cole, Programme Director for the NZ Game Development Sector Rebat...
Litigation Forecast 2025: Workplace: A state of change
28 Apr 2025
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Litigation Forecast 2025: Health and safety
28 Apr 2025
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Litigation Forecast 2025: Overview
16 Apr 2025
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Litigation Forecast 2025: Anti-bribery and corruption
16 Apr 2025
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Litigation Forecast 2025: Changing the face of regulatory engagement
16 Apr 2025
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Data Room | Navigating the new United States tariff regime: Impacts on global trade and M&A
15 Apr 2025
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Trusted Insights | The evolution of philanthropy
08 Apr 2025
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Judgment Junction: Whakaari | White Island
03 Apr 2025
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Data Room | M&A Forecast: OIO changes and corporate governance regime
01 Apr 2025
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Tech Suite: Due diligence in an AI enabled world.
30 Mar 2025
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Data Room | People side of transactions
25 Mar 2025
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Trusted Insights | Part 2: Family governance and succession planning
25 Mar 2025
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Data Room: M&A Forecast 2025: Commerce Commission and Competition
18 Mar 2025
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Data Room: M&A Forecast 2025: Energy Sector
18 Mar 2025
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Data Room: M&A Forecast 2025
18 Mar 2025
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Trusted Insights | Part 1: Navigating succession planning
11 Mar 2025
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Send us your feedback In this episode of Trusted Insights, Private Wealth Partner Aimee Mitchell is joined by Working Minds Psychologist, Evana Lithgo...
Tech Suite | Cross-border structuring of IP and tax treatment
09 Mar 2025
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Send us your feedback In this episode, MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ Senior Associate Briar Richardson speaks with IP Partner Chris Young and Tax Partner ...
Tech Suite (TM) | New Zealand’s proposed Biometrics Privacy Code
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us your feedback In this episode, Partner Richard Wells and Senior Associate Suzy McMillan from our firm's Corporate and Commercial team, pr...
Judgment Junction | Debanking in New Zealand
19 Feb 2025
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Data Room | Public M&A in focus: Structuring trends and insights
18 Feb 2025
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Sustainable Impact: Climate Change with Minister Simon Watts
16 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us your feedback We are pleased to share with you our new podcast, Sustainable Impact - new series exploring the conversations and developments i...
Tech Suite | Digital money: Now and in the future
09 Feb 2025
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Technology Partner, Tom Maasland, talks to Financial Services Partner, Jeremy Muir, about the evolving landscap...
Tech Suite TM | Locked out: Navigating ransomware attacks
20 Jan 2025
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Partner Richard Wells and Senior Associate Suzy McMillan from MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ Corporate and Commercia...
Tech Suite | Surfing the AI tech wave these summer holidays
09 Dec 2024
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Send us your feedback In this special episode of Tech Suite, Tom Maasland, a Partner in MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ Technology team, wraps up the year w...
Tech Suite | Non-malicious cyber failure: Lessons from CrowdStrike
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us your feedback In this episode, Technology Partner Tom Maasland talks with Litigation Partner Andrew Horne, about the overlooked risks of ‘in...
Tech Suite | Insights into expert AI systems with Richard Kenyon of Datapay AI Labs
24 Nov 2024
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Partner Jane Parker from our Corporate and Commercial team, talks to Richard Kenyon, Associate Director of Oper...
Data Room | The impact of AI on the M&A industry
19 Nov 2024
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Partner Neil Millar interviews Partner Tom Maasland, head of our Technology division, to discuss the evolving ...
Tech Suite | Employee privacy considerations: Managing IPP 6 requests
17 Nov 2024
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Corporate and Commercial Senior Associate Suzy McMillan is joined by Employment Partner June Hardacre to contin...
Data Room | Buyer remorse: What happens when deals go wrong?
06 Nov 2024
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Partner Neil Millar interviews Aaron Lloyd, a Partner in our Litigation and Dispute Resolution division on buye...
Data Room | Breaking down the blocked Foodstuffs merger and Serato acquisition
22 Oct 2024
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Send us your feedback In this episode of Data Room, Partner Neil Millar is joined by competition law expert Jennifer Hambleton to dissect the recent d...
Litigation Forecast 2024 | Employment law update on key trends and insights
15 Oct 2024
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Partners Gillian Service and June Hardacre, in our Employment team provide an insightful update on key employme...
Data Room | M&A Forecast 2024: Trends, insights and the outlook for 2025
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us your feedback In this episode, Partner Neil Millar and Senior Associate Tayla Johnston from our Corporate and Commercial team dive into the cu...
Tech Suite | Future Forward: Public Sector AI initiatives with Callaghan Innovation
06 Oct 2024
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Senior Associate Kate Cruickshank in our Corporate and Commercial team, talks with Sarah Sun, Head of Digital &...
Tech Suite | Overseas suppliers: When do New Zealand businesses need to understand GDPR?
30 Sep 2024
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Partner Tom Maasland and Senior Associate Libby Conole from our Technology team discuss the impacts of EU Gener...
Tech Suite | New Zealand’s digital banking future with Dosh co-founder Shane Marsh
16 Sep 2024
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Send us your feedback In this follow-up episode, Partner Jeremy Muir from MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ Financial Services team, reconnects with Shane Mar...
Tech Suite | Consumer data rights: A focus on open banking in New Zealand
15 Sep 2024
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Send us your feedback In this follow-up episode Special Counsel, Sonya Forbes and Senior Associate, Suzy McMillan both from MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ ...
Tech Suite | Negotiated limitations of liability: Getting the balance right
01 Sep 2024
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Richard Wells, a Partner in our Corporate and Commercial team, talks with Senior Associate, Sarah Redding, abou...
Tech Suite | New Zealand's digital bank revolution with Dosh co-founder Shane Marsh
15 Aug 2024
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Jeremy Muir, a Partner in our Financial Services team, talks to Shane Marsh, co-founder of Dosh, an innovative ...
Tech Suite | Employee privacy considerations: Policies and practices
11 Aug 2024
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Corporate and Commercial Senior Associate Suzy McMillan is joined by Employment Partner, June Hardacre to discu...
Tech Suite | Consumer Data Rights: An overview of the Customer and Product Data Bill
28 Jul 2024
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Special Counsel Sonya Forbes and Senior Associate Suzy McMillan delve into consumer data rights in New Zealand,...
Tech Suite | AI blueprint for Aotearoa with Madeline Newman, AI Forum of New Zealand
03 Jul 2024
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Tom Maasland, a Partner in MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ Technology team, talks to Madeline Newman, Executive Direc...
Tech Suite | A conversation with ChatGPT-4o: The latest AI language model
18 Jun 2024
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Tom Maasland, a partner in MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ Technology team, talks to ChatGPT-4o, the latest AI langua...
Tech Suite | Keeping it confidential: Getting the legal basics of confidentiality agreements right
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us your feedback In this episode, Richard Wells, a Partner in our Corporate and Commercial team, and Senior Solicitor, Hannah Snelling, discuss t...
Tech Suite | Understanding network connectivity: Demystifying LANs and WANs
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us your feedback In this episode, Tom Maasland, a Partner in MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ Technology team, and Rosie Park, a Senior Solicitor from t...
Tech Suite | Asking the right questions in a SaaS solution transition
05 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us your feedback In this episode, Libby Conole, a Senior Associate in MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ Technology team, talks to Rosie Park a Senior Sol...
Tech Suite | The EU’s new legislation surrounding AI and digital services
21 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us your feedback In this episode, Tom Maasland, a partner in MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ Technology team, talks to two solicitors from his team, Th...
Tech Suite | Auckland's path to becoming a Global Tech Hub with Simon Bridges
07 Apr 2024
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Tom Maasland, a partner in MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ Technology team, talks to Simon Bridges, in his capacity a...
Tech Suite | Unfair contract terms in the technology sector: Risks and rewards
03 Apr 2024
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Partner Richard Wells and Senior Associate Shona Foster delve into the intricacies of navigating standard terms...
Tech Suite | Copyright challenges in the age of AI
17 Mar 2024
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Partner Chris Young is joined by Senior Associate Briar Richardson to discuss intellectual property in the cont...
Tech Suite | Standard form small trade contracts and the unfair contract terms regime: A practical overview
04 Mar 2024
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Richard Wells, a Partner in MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ technology team, talks to Shona Foster, a Senior Associat...
Litigation Forecast 2024 | Navigating the employment landscape: Courts, good faith, and tikanga
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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Litigation Forecast 2024 | Navigating the employment landscape: What to expect from the new Government
27 Feb 2024
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Litigation Forecast 2024 | Health and safety insights and analysing the Whakaari eruption trial
27 Feb 2024
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Litigation Forecast 2024 | Tikanga Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand courts
21 Feb 2024
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Partner June Hardacre is joined by Partner Briony Davies and Senior Associate Mark Calderwood to explore...
Litigation Forecast 2024 | Greenwashing claims and risks
21 Feb 2024
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Partners Andrew Horne and Jane Standage, work through the complexities of greenwashing claims. They discuss the...
Litigation Forecast 2024 | Rising sanctions regimes in New Zealand and beyond
14 Feb 2024
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Alex Church is joined by partners Aaron Lloyd, Sean Gollin and Sarah Salmond who delve into the impact of sanct...
Litigation Forecast 2024 | Preventing and responding to a cyber breach: Tips and pitfalls
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us your feedback In this episode, Andrew Horne, a Partner in the Auckland litigation team, and Senior Solicitor Joy Guo discuss the practical ste...
Litigation Forecast 2024 | Unpacking Smith v Fonterra and global climate change trends
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us your feedback Litigation related to climate change is an evolving area, with activists increasingly resorting to legal action to hold governme...
Tech Suite | Innovation, AI and Venture Capital with Thomas Thurston
11 Feb 2024
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Send us your feedback In this episode, Jeremy Muir a partner in MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ Financial Services team talks to special guest, Thomas Thurs...