Since 1 July 2025 councils across New Zealand have had new obligations when preparing Land Information Memoranda (LIMs). Further changes will take effect from 17 October 2025, when new regulations will also standardise how hazard information must be summarised and presented in LIMs. These reforms aim ...

On 29 September 2025, the Government announced the retirement of the New Building Standard (NBS) rating for earthquake prone buildings (EPB) in favour of a more targeted, risk-based approach. The Government estimates these reforms will save over $8.2 billion in remediation and demolition costs. By ...

Anderson Lloyd Partner Anne Mcleod and the Anderson Lloyd commercial team is proud to have advised Emmons Developments New Zealand Limited (a joint venture between Mainland Capital, Russell Property Group and Lockwood Property Group) on its hotel management agreement with Marriott International for the development ...

The Taxation (Budget Measures) Act 2025 introduced an Investment Boost scheme which will be of interest to the Property sector. Background On 22 May 2025, the Government released a factsheet (available to read here) summarising their new tax incentive to encourage businesses to invest. The ...

The New Zealand Government has proposed a suite of amendments to the Public Works Act 1981 to expedite the acquisition of land for critical infrastructure projects This initiative is stated to be driven by the need to address the nation's infrastructure deficit, enhance economic productivity, ...

The Public Works Act 1981 provides the basis for landowners to be paid compensation for land that is acquired by the Crown for public works. But what happens in the limbo period between a project being announced and land being acquired? If an anticipated project ...

Article shared by Crux News mentioning Robert Huse, Partner at Anderson Lloyd.  In time for the second week of the school holidays, the much-anticipated Wharehuanui Trail linking Arrowtown to Arthurs Point is set to open on Saturday. Despite construction works having been completed weeks ago, ...

At the end of 2023, the Government announced its intention to remove tax depreciation on commercial buildings. This was legislated and became law from 1 April 2024. This change, combined with the mandatory requirement for the inclusion of a purchase price allocation in a sale ...

This High Court decision helps to simplify the approval process under a restrictive covenant where there is a resident's society in place ADG Trustee Limited (ADG) purchased a property at Mill Vista Lane (Property) in 2021.  The Property is on the southern boundary of the ...

The Whakaruru Family Trust (Trust) entered into an unconditional agreement with Mr Bath for the sale of the Trust's property on Pallant Street, Manurewa (Property) for the sum of $1,160,000 including GST Mr Bath's solicitors advised that due to changes in lending criteria and a ...

The Mills Family Trust (Trust) agreed to sell their property at 22 Manapau Street, Auckland (Property) to Mr Feng Mr Feng then nominated Mr Wang as purchaser who subsequently failed to settle the purchase. After the purchase fell through, the Mills Trust proceeded to sell ...

This case relates to an application made by a developer to extinguish a covenant registered over two of its lots preventing subdivision of the burdened land Fairview Estate Investment Limited (Fairview) is a property developer that was undertaking a subdivision of a property in Auckland ...

The Queenstown Trails Trust (Trust) is a charitable trust that is responsible for the planning and development of more than 200 kilometres worth of trails within the Whakatipu Basin The role of the Trust is to plan, develop, maintain and improve the world-class trail network ...

Anderson Lloyd's Auckland Property team, led by Dan Williams, has recently assisted Silverfin Acquistions Limited's subsidiary Silverfin Nominees (Inghams Hatchery) Limited to acquire two large scale poultry farms, being approximately 44.56 hectares in total, in the Waikato region, from Bromley Park Hatcheries Limited Silverfin is ...

As announced by the New Zealand Government, the Bright-line Rule will revert to its original form, being the 2-year test If you sell a property on or after 1 July 2024 the bright-line property rule will only apply if the property is sold within 2 ...

The Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill 2024 passed its first reading in Parliament on 21 May 2024. If enacted this will roll back many changes to the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 introduced by the previous New Zealand Government. Introduction The Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill 2024 (Bill) ...

In rural communities, the sight of wandering livestock grazing peacefully by the roadside may seem picturesque, but it poses significant risks and legal liabilities for both the animals and the public. The issue of wandering stock is not just a matter of inconvenience; it can ...

We have found a number of our farming clients are unaware of the implications a business partnership can have on their succession planning. Partnerships are typically created under formal partnership agreements. However informal partnerships can be created unintentionally, for example by spouses operating a farm ...

Property owners have an expectation that they can control who has access to and use of their land. However, what is often overlooked is that in some circumstances, third parties have statutory rights to enter onto and use private land without the permission of the ...

On 24 June 2023 the Arms Amendment Regulation 2023 (Regulations) introduced changes to the Arms Act 1983 (Act), with the purpose of strengthening the control and regulation of firearms, and to address concerns about a lack of oversight by the police of the number, type, ...

The Overseas Investment Office (OIO) recently presented its quarterly update with particular regard to renewable projects under the Overseas Investment Act 2005 (Act). Some of the key takeaways are set out below. Investments in sensitive land for solar or wind Investments in “sensitive land” for ...

In a country where seismic activity poses a significant threat, understanding the structural stability of commercial buildings is paramount for tenants and property owners alike. Recognising this critical need, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has taken proactive steps to address seismic concerns ...

The general election results are in, with National and Act currently holding a slim majority. The formation of the next government will depend on the outcome of the special votes. With how the votes currently look, we thought it timely to look into some of ...

The Select Committee has recently released its report on its review of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Amendment Bill (Bill). The Bill is set to improve the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (Act) through the introduction of: the requirement for ...

The Charities Amendment Bill, which passed in the Committee of the Whole House on 20 June 2023 will, if enacted, introduce new governance and reporting requirements for registered charities. This article sets out some of the key provisions in the Bill and the potential implications ...

Our Property Team are proud to be the authors of the 2022 Chambers Global Practice Guide – New Zealand Real Estate chapter. The team have been the sole contributors to this chapter since 2019. Chambers and Partners provide definitive global law guides offering comparative analysis ...

Anderson Lloyd is delighted to have assisted NZ Hotel Holdings (owned by Russell Property Group, Lockwood Property Group and the New Zealand Superannuation Fund) on its purchase of the Rydges Wellington Hotel. 2021 was a milestone year for NZ Hotel Holdings who earlier in April ...

Our Property Team is proud to have contributed as the sole author of the New Zealand chapter of the Chambers and Partners 2019, 2020  and 2021 Global Practice Guides on Real Estate. Read our most recent analysis of New Zealand Real Estate law here.  Click here ...

Check out our Property Team's summary of significant property case law developments across 2020 in our second edition of Real. below:  

On 23 March 2021 the Government released a number of housing policy changes targeted to increase the supply of houses and decrease residential property investor demand. The policies include changes to interest deductibility, an extended bright-line test period, a new $3.8 billion "Housing Acceleration Fund" ...

Last year saw some interesting, and somewhat surprising, property law developments. The Anderson Lloyd property team have summarised some of the key cases below with key take out points included for future reference.   Liabilities of earthquake prone building owners Alura Ltd v Hutt City ...