FindLaw New Zealand : Property & Resources Law : Conveyancing & Real Property

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Practical Articles

• Resource Consents: The Implications Of Giving Written Approval.
  Firm: Harkness Henry & Co
  Date: July, 2002
• Renewing Leases - Tenants And Landlords Beware
  Firm: Burnard Bull & Co
  Date: June, 2002
• Joint Venture Or Partnership?
  Firm: Hesketh Henry
  Date: June, 2002
• Earnouts - Bridging the Expectation Gap
  Firm: KPMG Legal
  Date: May, 2002
• Overseas Investment Act - Recent Changes to Land Classification
  Firm: KPMG Legal
  Date: May, 2002
• Retirement Villages Bill - Added Security for Residents
  Firm: Hesketh Henry
  Date: May, 2002
• Public Access Over Right of Way
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: May, 2002
• How the New Local Government Bill Deals With Property Issues
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: April, 2002
• LandOnline Update
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: April, 2002
• Time is Money: Cost, Delay, and Notification under the Resource Management Act
  Firm: Chapman Tripp Sheffield Young
  Date: April, 2002
• What is a dwellinghouse?
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: April, 2002
• Residential Tenancies Act reform
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: March, 2002
• Mortgagee in Breach of Duty to Obtain Best Price Reasonably Obtainable
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: March, 2002
• Overseas Investment Rule Changes
  Firm: Chapman Tripp Sheffield Young
  Date: March, 2002
• Land Transactions - A Tax Update
  Firm: Sharp Tudhope
  Date: January, 2002
• A cautionary tale: Tuscany Limited v Sukhmohan Singh Gill (1st defendant), Patrick Costelloe (2nd defendant), Rossendale Holdings Limited (3rd defendant).
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: December, 2001
• Ensuring the tenant is bound by all lease terms on assignment
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: December, 2001
• Re-entry and distraint
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: December, 2001
• Damages - a case too far?
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: December, 2001
• Rating reforms - from occupier to owner liability
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: December, 2001
• The Deposit
  Firm: Wynn Williams & Co
  Date: December, 2001
• Landlords and Tenants
  Date: November, 2001
• Is It Time To Update Your Will In Light Of The Property (Relationships) Act 2001?
  Firm: Timpany Walton
  Date: November, 2001
• Overseas Investment In New Zealand Farms
  Firm: Wynn Williams & Co
  Date: October, 2001
• Dividing the Property of Husbands, Wives and de Facto Partners
  Firm: Timpany Walton
  Date: August, 2001
• Traps In Selling, Let The Vendor Beware!
  Firm: Webster Malcolm & Kilpatrick
  Date: August, 2001
• Building Warrants Of Fitness, IQPs And Building Owner's Responsibilities
  Firm: Harkness Henry & Co
  Date: June, 2001
• Power of Sale Under a Mortgage
  Firm: Russell McVeagh
  Date: March, 2001
• Settling the Matter
  Firm: Simpson Grierson
  Date: March, 2001
• Vendors Put Your House in Order
  Firm: Simpson Grierson
  Date: March, 2001

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Links & Resources

• Housing Corporation of New Zealand - Assists the Government in formulating and implementing housing policy
• Housing New Zealand - Housing New Zealand owns and manages the Crown's portfolio of low-income residential rental properties
• Land Information New Zealand - Core Government land and seabed information
• Ministry of Housing - Tenancy Services - Tenancy Services provides education, advice, mediation and referrals to the Tenancy Tribunal
• NZLS - Property Law Section - Up-to-date information about property law issues and access to property lawyers.
• New Zealand Institute of Valuers - The professional association for New Zealand valuers
• Property Council of NZ - Formerly the Building Owners and Managers Association(BOMA)
• Real Estate Institute of New Zealand - Web Site of the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand
• Te Puna Korero Whenua - Built by Land Information New Zealand, this was set up as a response to people seeking land records to research Waitangi Tribunal claims. The site accesses various databases, internet sites, and resource material held by a range of organisations. The site also contains an explanation of issues surrounding Maori land and some of the technical terms used.
• Terranet - Property Information Service - Provides access to New Zealand property information