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Self identification of gender on birth certificates
31 March 2023 is transgender day of visibility - an event dedicated to celebrating transgender people, raising awareness of discrimina…
31 March 2023
Will the Therapeutic Products Bill prevent you from growing lemons and purchasing cinnamon?
The proposed regulation of natural health products (NHPs) under the Therapeutic Products Bill has sparked wide debate and concern in s…
30 March 2023
Insolvency and restructuring newsletter - March 2023
Our last newsletter commented on high inflation, dwindling business confidence and international supply chain issues. Those factors c…
16 March 2023
Mandatory climate-related financial disclosures in New Zealand
Current status On 15 September 2020, the Government announced that Cabinet had agreed to introduce a mandatory Climate-related Financ…
14 March 2023
The Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2010 review
Current status On 1 October 2020, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (Reserve Bank) formally relaunched its review of the Insurance (Pru…
13 March 2023
Ministry of Justice releases consultation on draft AML/CFT regulations
On 1 March 2023 the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) released a draft set of regulations (Draft Regulations) under the Anti-Money Laundering…
9 March 2023
Buddle Findlay and Bell Gully consortium appointed as legal providers to Wellington’s transformational LGWM programme
Buddle Findlay and Bell Gully are pleased to be appointed as joint legal advisers to Let's Get Wellington Moving (LGWM), a $7.4b trans…
28 February 2023
FMA releases regulatory returns questionnaire for licensed financial advice providers and guidance on Code Standard 3
Regulatory returns Following consultation last year, the Financial Markets Authority Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko (the FMA) released the qu…
24 February 2023
Proposed regulation of health software
The highly anticipated Therapeutic Products Bill (Bill) was introduced to Parliament on 30 November 2022. The Bill will regulate medi…
23 February 2023