On 6 of January 2024, The Worker Protection (Migrant and Other Employees) Act 2023 came into effect.

From 29 October, accredited employers are not able to use 90-day trial periods in employment agreements when hiring people on an Accredited...

Over the last year and a half, a number of changes have been made to the skilled residence pathways in...

On 12 October 2022 INZ announced that the long-awaited Parent Resident Visa would resume processing, meaning that more people will...

With almost as many pets as people – 4.35 million as of 2020, and second only to the United States...

Stuff you need to know about relationship property law in NZ 

To address the current backlog of visa applications awaiting processing and the lack of residency options for skilled migrants, Immigration...

The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) has given us our first glance into the ability of employers to require employees performing...

We have been advised that Immigration New Zealand (INZ) offices are currently closed and most INZ staff are now working remotely. Visa...

Keyboard warriors beware. In the wake of the Christchurch shootings of March 2019, changes to the New Zealand’s hate speech laws...

From 19 July 2021, several changes will come into play which offer more flexibility to migrants applying for an ESWV.

The New Zealand immigration landscape is constantly changing, and in today’s world of border restrictions, travel bubbles and vaccine roll...

Prior to 1991, New Zealanders had been able to rest assured that from cradle to grave they would never foot...

The Trusts Act 2019 (the Act) comes into force on 30 January 2021 and is the first major reform of...