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- Navigating AI, security and cyber washing for New Zealand businesses
- New Zealand Government Moves To Toughen Penalties For Misleading Advertising
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Company fined for selling recalled products
A grocery company in New Zealand has been fined for selling recalled hummus products that may have contained Salmonella. Foodstuffs South Island was told to pay $39,000 (U.S. $21,900). The company was sentenced in Christchurch District Court on one charge under the Food Act 2014, following a prosecution by New Zealand Food Safety. Vincent Arbuckle,...
- The What, Why And How Of Legal Professional Privilege In New Zealand
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Implementing Decision 2025/2197 on the equivalence of the legal and supervisory framework applicable to benchmarks in New Zealand in accordance with the Benchmarks Regulation
On 31 October 2025, there was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/2197 which provides that for the purposes of Article 30(2) of the Benchmarks Regulation (BMR), New Zealand’s legal and supervisory framework applicable to financial benchmarks whose administrator has been licensed by the Financial Markets Authority...
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New Zealand scraps plan to increase glyphosate limits
New Zealand Food Safety has decided to keep glyphosate residue limits the same following a public consultation. There was a proposal to change maximum residue levels (MRLs) for glyphosate in wheat, barley and oats to 10 mg/kg but the limit has been set at 0.1mg/kg, which is the same as the current default level. Vincent...
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New Zealand’s Insurance Contract Overhaul
New Zealand’s Contracts of Insurance Act 2024 (much of which is similar to COFI intentions) consolidates existing insurance laws across various legislation and case law. The Act applies to all insurance contracts, although some provisions relate only to consumer insurance and others only to business insurance. It does not apply to reinsurance. Contracting out of...
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