20 April 2012
By Manawatu Branch
Manawatu lawyers have the opportunity to participate in a special one-hour webinar aimed at clarifying the complex issues around rural succession planning.
Succession Planning for Rural Practitioners will be presented on 8 June for one hour from 11:00am. It will look at how practitioners who advise agricultural families can help guide ... More about Guiding your clients through rural succession planning.
20 April 2012
By Manawatu Branch
The Law Society's legal education company NZLS CLE Ltd is planning two webinars to give Manawatu lawyers valuable information on new and planned legislation.
Webinars enable anyone - no matter where they are located - to hear presentations on a particular topic, view PowerPoint slides and type in questions ... More about Webinars offer chance to learn about new legislation.
17 February 2012
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A 150-minute videoconference to update property lawyers on developments in the Property Law Act 2007 is to be held in Palmerston North on 1 May 2012.
The videoconference is being run by the New Zealand Law Society’s continuing legal education arm, NZLS CLE Ltd. It will be held in Palmerston North if ... More about Property Law Act update to be held in Palmerston North.
16 February 2012
By Manawatu Branch
The Ministry of Justice has provided an update on progress with the Feilding District Court which was closed in late November 2011 after engineering experts warned there was a high risk of partial or full collapse in a significant seismic event.
All registry services and hearings for Feilding will continue to ... More about Ministry updates progress on Feilding District Court.
16 January 2012
By Manawatu Branch
Information released by the Department of Building and Housing's Weathertight Homes Resolution Service shows that there were 9 active claims covering 9 properties in the Manawatu-Whanganui branch region at 8 January 2012.
The majority of these claims were located in the Palmerston North district region (6 properties with active claims).
The ... More about Majority leaky buildings in Manawatu region.
16 December 2011
By Manawatu Branch
The Ministry of Justice has updated its information on the Feilding courthouse, which has been closed for earthquake strengthening.
All hearings will be held at the Palmerston North District Court "until further notice".
Any person in custody will be dealt with in the Palmerston North District Court on ... More about Ministry provides update on Feilding District Courthouse.
16 December 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Central Region
High Courts
Gisborne, Hamilton, Napier, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Rotorua, Tauranga, Whanganui
Close: 5pm, Friday 23 December
Open: 9am, Wednesday 4 January
District Courts
Gisborne, Napier, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Rotorua, Tauranga
Close: 5pm, Friday 23 December
Open: 9am, Wednesday 4 January
Hastings,Whanganui
Close: 3pm, Friday 23 December
Open: 9am, Wednesday 4 January
... More about Court holiday dates, Christmas-New Year 2011-12.
6 December 2011
By Manawatu Branch
The Ministry of Justice has provided information on arrangements to deal with the closure of the Feilding courthouse for earthquake remedial work.
All court sittings have been transferred to the Palmerston North District Court until further notice. Any person in custody will be dealt with in the Palmerston North District ... More about Feilding District Court closure arrangements.
1 December 2011
By Manawatu Branch
The Ministry of Justice has announced that the Feilding District Court will be temporarily closed from 1 December 2011 while earthquake strengthening work is carried out.
All matters will be transferred to Palmerston North District Court until work is completed.
The ministry says current indications are that the work will take up ... More about Feilding District Court to be temporarily closed.
16 November 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Auckland barrister David Smith has been appointed a Judge of the District Court with a jury warrant and a Family Court warrant.
Judge Smith was admitted to the bar in 1974. His practice as a barrister sole in Auckland comprises relationship property, employment, leaky buildings work and criminal work ... More about New District Court Judge to sit in Palmerston North District Court.
15 November 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Palmerston North City Council has been announced winner of the Building Organisational Capability category at the recent Local Government Excellence Awards held in Rotorua.
The Award, which was given for the Council’s Pathways Programme – NZQA Learning and Development Framework for Operations Staff, highlights the success of the programme at ... More about Palmerston North City Council takes Local Government award.
11 November 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Horizons Regional Council and Palmerston North City Council will use mediation to help find a solution to the alleged damage wastewater is doing to the river, reported the Manawatu Standard.
The city had accepted Horizons' invitation to go into mediation to help. Horizons had also agreed to the city's ... More about Meditation used in council dispute.
31 October 2011
By Manawatu Branch
The Palmerston North City Council has lodged an appeal against the abatement notice requiring it to "cease the discharge from its Wastewater Treatment Plant that is having a significant effect on aquatic life in the river".
Chief Executive Paddy Clifford said the terms of the abatement notice have ... More about City council disputes wastewater abatement notice.
28 October 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Palmerston North City Council has received a summary of the results from the bi-annual Communitrak Survey on resident satisfaction.
The survey, carried out by National Research Bureau, gives the Council an idea of how residents view the services provided by Council by asking residents if they are satisfied with services ... More about Survey results show Palmerston North residents happy.
20 October 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Information released by the Department of Building and Housing's Weathertight Homes Resolution Service shows that there were 9 active claims covering 9 properties in the Manawatu region at 30 September 2011.
There were 2 active claims and 2 property claims in the Whanganui region.
As at 30 September 2011 the Department has received 6582 claims lodged for 9077 properties ... More about Leaky building claims September.
12 October 2011
By Manawatu Branch
The Manawatu-Whanganui region's councils processed 94% of their resource consent applications on schedule in the year ended June 2011.
The region has performed slightly worse than the national council average which is 95%.
Palmerston North City Council brought down the regional average. It only processed 77% of their resource consent applications on time.& ... More about 94% of region's resource consent applications processed on time.
20 September 2011
By Manawatu Branch
The Palmerston North region will be expected to implement a single report for presentation of information required under the Sentencing Act 2002 from 31 March 2012.The Department of Corrections' Community Probation Services (CPS) says it has implemented a new Integrated Practice Framework (IPF) for the management of parole, home detention, release on ... More about New court sentencing reports .
19 September 2011
By Manawatu Branch
REINZ is pleased to extend an invitation to ADLS and NZLS members to the latest edition of the “Agreement for Sale and Purchase of a Business” webinars.
The webinar incorporates a GST schedule allowing for the new compulsory GST Zero‐Rating Regime under Taxation (GST and Remedial Matters) ... More about REINZ Webinar looks at new GST Zero‐Rating Regime.
8 September 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Gift duty will be repealed from 1 October 2011, but lawyers are being warned that they shouldn’t automatically advise clients to forgive any outstanding debts owed to them by a family trust.
Doing so could result in clients becoming ineligible for means-tested benefits in the future, including the residential care subsidy. ... More about Gift duty repeal webinar looks at practical considerations.
19 August 2011
By Manawatu Branch
New Zealand Law Society information on practising certificates on issue at 1 August 2011 shows that Manawatu branch has 1.3% of New Zealand's lawyers.
Of the 147 practising certificates held by Manawatu lawyers, 91 are held by men and 56 by women - meaning 62% of Manawatu lawyers are men. This is above the national proportion, ... More about 1.3% of New Zealand lawyers in Manawatu branch.
15 August 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Information released by the Department of Building and Housing's Weathertight Homes Resolution Service shows that there were 8 active claims covering 8 properties in the Manawatu area at 2 August 2011.
Of these claims the majority were in the Palmerston North City region with 5 (5 properties), there was also 1 (1 property) in the Manawatu region ... More about Majority of region's leaky homes in Palmerston North City .
12 August 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Information on residential dwelling unit sales released by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand shows that sales in urban Manawatu areas in July 2011 were a 6.7% up on July 2010.
Year-to-date, there have been 1063 sales in Manawatu's three urban areas, which is a healthy 8.7% ahead of the first 7 months of 2010.
... More about Manawatu urban residential conveyancing better than 2010.
8 August 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Information from the New Zealand Law Society shows that Levin has 18 lawyers that hold practising certificates - one per 1086 inhabitants. This is the lowest recorded number of lawyers in the main population centres.
Palmerston North has 115 lawyers , giving it one lawyer per 710 inhabitants.
Wellington City has one ... More about Lowest number of lawyers in Levin.
2 August 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Following the statutory review of the Palmerston North Traffic and Parking Bylaw 2004, the Palmerston North City Council adopted the Palmerston North Traffic and Parking Bylaw 2011 on 29 June 2011, under the Local Government Act 2002.
The Bylaw came into effect on 1 August 2011 and the Palmerston North Traffic and Parking Bylaw 2004 was repealed on ... More about Traffic Parking Bylaw adopted.
27 July 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Palmerston North will host the 77th “Devil’s Own” golf tournament for New Zealand legal professionals.
New Zealand’s longest running private golf tournament, the Devil’s Own is an invitation only event among members of the law profession and judiciary.
For the first time, 2011 will host the inaugural Corporate ... More about Devil’s Own competition back in Palmerston North.
27 July 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Historic minute books, correspondence files, electoral rolls and financial records are among more than 12,000 Manawatu District Council items successfully added to the Archives Central online database.
The Manawatu District Council was formed in 1989 from an amalgamation of the first Manawatu District Council, Pohangina County Council, Kiwitea County Council, Feilding Borough ... More about Historic Manawatu records online.
26 July 2011
By Manawatu Branch
The Palmerston North City Council has confirmed that the Council’s total rates revenue will increase by 4.8% in order to fund the activities and programmes for the 2011/12 year.
The original forecast in the Council’s 10 year plan was for a rates rise of 5.3% and given the number and scale of ... More about Rates increase lower than predicted.
21 July 2011
By Manawatu Branch
The Department of Labour is reporting that there was an increase in skilled job vacancies for the North Island (up 7.3%) in the month of June 2011.
Most regions experienced growth in advertised skilled vacancies in June. Growth was the strongest though in the South Island (up 12.0%) - except Canterbury (0.%) and ... More about Increase in skilled vacancies for North Island.
15 July 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute of New Zealand are holding an informal network meeting for its members on 26 July in Palmerston North.
Members can met other Palmerston North/Whanganui AMINZ members from 7:00am to 8:45am
Each member is responsible for ordering and paying for their own breakfast. All members and guests ... More about AMINZ breakfast network meeting.
13 July 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Just under 80% of criminal charges prosecuted in Feilding, Palmerston North and Levin District Courts during 2010 resulted in a conviction, according to information released by Statistics New Zealand.
The 2010 Criminal Conviction and Sentencing Statistics show that during 2010 there were 10,169 charges prosecuted where there was a final outcome. Of these, 7,960 resulted in ... More about Almost 80% of criminal prosecutions result in conviction in Manawatu branch area.
5 July 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Information released by the Department of Building and Housing's Weathertight Homes Resolution Service shows that there were five active claims covering five properties in the Manawatu branch area at 31 June 2011.
Of the active claims, 3 were in Palmerston North City Council (3 properties), 2 in Manawatu District Council (1 properties) and 2 in Horowhenua ... More about Five leaky building claims in Manawatu branch area.
4 July 2011
By Manawatu Branch
The Family Law Section Deputy Chair Garry Collin and Executive member Catriona Doyle, will be in Palmerston North on 11 July to brief interested parties on the symposium on the Review of the Family Court hosted by the Section at Parliament on 3 June.
All Judges, Lawyers and Family Court Staff are ... More about Family Law Section information and consultation meeting.
30 June 2011
By Manawatu Branch
A council controlled organisation (CCO) in the Manawautu-Whanganui region is delivering efficiencies, stronger governance and cost savings for the participating councils, reports Local Government New Zealand.
The CCO (MWLASS), which brings together Horizons Regional Councils and Horowhenua, Manawatu, Rangatikei, Ruapehu, Tararua and Whanganui District Councils, was established in 2008 to investigate, ... More about Delivering shared services in Manawatu-Whanganui.
27 June 2011
By Manawatu Branch
The Ministry of Justice is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified persons who would like to be considered for appointment as a Visiting Justice in the Manawatu region.
Under section 19(2) of the Corrections Act 2004, the Governor-General may, on the recommendation of the Minister of Justice, appoint any Justice of ... More about Expressions of interest sought for Manawatu Visiting Justice position.
22 June 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Ray Dawson will present on sporting disputes at an informal breakfast meeting of Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute of New Zealand in the Manawatu.
The meeting will be held from 730AM to 845AM at Eon Cafe @ Modena 28 June in Palmerston North. Ray has extensive sporting experience. He has been a cricket ... More about Ray Dawson at AMINZ breakfast .
15 June 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Lawyers are invited to attend a NZLS CLE Ltd webinar on asset planning - the impact of the Ministry of Social Development's means assessment.
Live to your computer on 21 July the seminar delivered via the internet will address questions surrounding what the Ministry of Social Development takes into account ... More about Asset planning webinars.
15 June 2011
By Manawatu Branch
NZLS CLE Ltd is providing lawyers with the opportunity to learn more about the Unit Titles Act 2010.
This heralds a significant change in the property market and along with the explosion of unit title developments a significant numbers of residents come under the ambit of this Act.
They, along ... More about Unit Titles Act seminars.
15 June 2011
By Manawatu Branch
The NZLS CLE Ltd are hosting a series of seminars and video-conferences on Evidence for Family Lawyers at the end of this month.
The Family Court has become riddled with hearsay, opinion, propensity and irrelevant evidence leading to unnecessary delays, expense, frustration and irritation on the part of other ... More about Seminars on evidence for family lawyers.
14 June 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Which forum will produce the best result for your client? When does the 10-year limitation start? How do you deal with the technical evidence?
These questions and many more will be answered at an NZLS CLE Ltd live video-conference presented by Tim Rainey and Dan Parker in Palmerston ... More about Leaky buildings video conference.
14 June 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Information on residential dwelling unit sales released by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand shows that sales in Manawatu urban areas in May 2011 were up 17.8% on May 2010.
Year-to-date, there have been 748 sales in Manawatu urban areas, which is 4.8% up on the first five months of 2010.
As an indicator of ... More about Urban Manawatu residential conveyancing indicator for May 2011.
14 June 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Palmerston North Court has become the first of six additional courts to operate a baggage x-ray machine during security screening.
The baggage x-ray facility has been operational in Palmerston North District Court from 13 June. The remaining five baggage x-rays will be installed at Whangarei District Court, New Plymouth District Court, ... More about Palmerston North X-Ray court screening begins.
20 May 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Information on residential dwelling unit sales released by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand shows that sales in Manawatu urban areas in April 2011 were up 12.8% on April 2010.
Year-to-date, there have been 392 sales in urban Manawatu, which is 8.9% up on the first four months of 2010.
As an indicator of the ... More about Manawatu urban residential conveyancing statistics, April 2011.
11 May 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Information released by the Minister for Courts, Georgina te Heuheu, shows that the average time for committal to trial in Feilding District Court is above the national average of 105 days, while Palmerston North and Levin times are lower.
Mrs te Heuheu released the information in response to a series of ... More about Information released on Manawatu District Court waiting times.
9 May 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Manawatu employment law practitioners have an opportunity to hear from the Chief Employment Court Judge during a special NZLS CLE Ltd webinar on 3 June 2011.
“Raising Personal Grievances and Challenges – getting it right” will be held at 1:00pm. The 1-hour webinar will link all registered participants to Judge Colgan and Buddle ... More about Webinar gives key information on raising and challenging personal grievances.
4 May 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Information collected by the New Zealand Law Society shows that 147 lawyers held practising certificates in the Manawatu branch region at 1 April 2011.
This was 1.3% of all practising certificates on issue at the time (including 341 lawyers based overseas).
Details of practising certificates on issue in Manawatu were as follows:
Manawatu branch practising ... More about Manawatu lawyers thinner on ground than NZ average.
26 April 2011
By Manawatu Branch
A seminar explaining the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) and aimed at professionals with clients who own forestry land will be held in Palmerston North on 19 May.
“Emission Trading Scheme Forestry” has been organised by the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants. The seminar aims to provide a guide to ETS ... More about ETS Forestry seminar to be held in Palmerston North.
15 April 2011
By Manawatu Branch
While the new Legal Services Act comes into force on 1 July 2011, changes announced by the government on 13 April have added further complexity to the knowledge legal aid providers need of the new system.
A NZLS CLE Ltd seminar, “Changes to Legal Aid 2011”, is being held at 23 venues around New Zealand ... More about Legal Services Act changes update essential for all Manawatu legal aid providers.
14 April 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Information on residential dwelling unit sales released by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand shows that sales in Manawatu urban areas in March 2011 were up 3.7% on March 2010.
Year-to-date, there have been 426 sales in Manawatu urban areas, which is 2.4% up on the first three months of 2010.
As an indicator of ... More about Manawatu urban residential conveyancing statistics March 2011.
11 April 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Information released by the Department of Building and Housing's Weathertight Homes Resolution Service shows that there were 6 active claims covering 6 properties in the Manawatu branch area at 31 March 2011.
Of the active claims, 3 were in Palmerston North City Council (3 properties), 2 in Manawatu District Council (2 properties) and 1 in Horowhenua District Council (1 ... More about Few leaky building claims in Manawatu branch area.
8 April 2011
By Manawatu Branch
Manawatu branch lawyers will be able to participate in a special NZLS CLE Ltd webinar which looks at the impact of the new zero-rating regime for business-to-business land transaction.
The new regime has applied from 1 April 2011 and significantly alters the way GST is accounted for, how assets are sold and ... More about Webinar backgrounds GST changes for land transactions .
