New Zealand is opening the doors for those looking to invest here, in a variety of ways. With our updated Active Investor Visa, about to be released Business Investor Visa and future Start-Up Visa, there has never been a better time to consider the move, for international investors.

Turner Hopkins is very proud to have now been selected as one of the few New Zealand law firms to become an accredited partner of JustFund, Australasia’s leading family law litigation finance provider.

Cross leases were originally developed in the 1960s as a way of getting around restrictive subdivision requirements and saved developers in cost and time. They have however been labelled New Zealand’s “greatest conveyancing issue”.

If you happen to be interested in a mortgagee sale property, can you purchase it at all and how does a mortgagee sale auction differ from an ordinary auction? These are the questions we will explore in this article.

Aimed at addressing the New Zealand-wide lack of affordable houses, it requires certain councils (including Auckland) to incorporate new medium-density residential standards into their unitary plans.

When trying to cancel a contract, parties often rely on two clauses in off-plan agreements: a sunset date clause or a force majeure clause.