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We focus on key areas of commercial law, including corporate, securities, property, environmental, employment and public law where our knowledge and experience enables us to provide specialist assistance to you.
We have skilled people here who can help you with any legal problems or developments involving listed companies, crown entities, national and regional businesses, and private clients.
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LATEST NEWS
Merry Christmas!
In case you missed it, here is the result of all the wonderful people who have kindly donated Christmas gifts for our local Salvation Army families in need.
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The Climate Change Response Amendment Bill 
On 25 November 2009 the Moderated Emissions Trading Scheme was passed by Parliament. The Moderated Scheme departs from the Scheme originally enacted last year by amending the date of entry for several sectors and providing a transitional phase in which the price of units is fixed.
Click here to read the full paper.
Bureta Park Property Development
We have posted here the full decision paper from Tauranga City Council, detailing the Perry property development for Bureta Park.
Click here to read the full paper.
TAURANGA'S PROPOSED CITY PLAN – The Good, The Bad and The Urban Design Rules
Tauranga City Council is currently in the process of reviewing its district plan. The Proposed City Plan was notified on 17 October 2009. Councils are required by law to review any provision in their district plans that has not been reviewed in the previous ten years. This presents a great opportunity for residents and businesses in Tauranga to submit on the Proposed Plan in respect of a number of issues including zoning, heritage, landscape and amenity areas and hazard areas. The City Plan creates a number of new zones within the city aimed at intensifying development and in the City Centre there are new Rules with an urban design focus. Submissions on the Proposed Plan close on 15 December 2009.
Click here for a summary of some of the main areas of interest arising under the Proposed City Plan, or please contact us if you want to discuss any issue under the Proposed Plan.
Tree Protection Status in Tauranga: Unintended consequences o
f simplifying & streamlining in the RMA
The recent amendments to the Resource Management Act (RMA) gained a lot of attention with the provisions to prohibit the blanket protection of trees. Many of you will be familiar with some of the difficulties tree protection causes. The Tauranga City district plan contains a schedule of protected trees. There are around some 1,900 trees on private property to which the schedule applies. Many of these trees would not qualify to be listed using the Council’s own criteria and yet they are protected.
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