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29/10/2026

Party before work? Why not?

Forget late nights and hangovers. Daytime raves are bringing people back to the dance floor – and getting them to the office by 9am.

From sunrise dance parties to early-evening clubbing, busy professionals are rediscovering the joy of dancing, music and connection - without sacrificing a good night’s sleep.

LawNews explores the rise of the daytime rave and why it’s catching on. Read the story:

On the rooftop bar at SO/ Auckland Hotel, the crowd has spilled out from the dance floor and caught the eye of construction workers on the building opposite. In their hard hats and hi-vis vests, the workers join in from across the road as DJ Pixie Lane mixes electronic beats into the Village People....

20/10/2026

From law to lettuce – a very different career path!

When Alex Morrissey gave up her legal career to become a market gardener, some thought she was throwing away her potential.

Six years on, she’s running a successful organic growing business and has no regrets about swapping legal practice for life on the land.

Read her story in LawNews:

When Alex Morrissey decided to leave law for a career as a market gardener in 2020, it was clear what the people around her thought about it. “It felt like a lot of people around me were like, ‘You’re wasting your potential. You’ve spent all this time getting to where you are, and you’re t...

18/10/2026

Most people start their working day with a coffee. Nick Lamain often follows his up with a w**e tasting!

The 30-year-old Marlborough w**emaker has just been crowned New Zealand’s Young Winemaker of the Year.

LawNews caught up with Nick to talk about his career, the art of w**emaking and what’s next for this talented young Kiwi.

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Nick Lamain grew up around the vineyards of Marlborough and now, he’s been named New Zealand’s Young Winemaker of the Year. He talks about finding his way into the industry, what goes into making a good w**e and why w**emakers need to keep up with changing tastes. Most people start their working...

17/10/2026

To protect their assets from litigious creditors, wealthy Americans are flooding the Cook Islands legal system with applications to set up asset protection trusts. Trouble is, the Cook Islands legal system cannot cope and is seeking to recruit trusts and estates lawyers from New Zealand.

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Cook Islands lawyers are in demand as a booming trust industry prompts firms to look to New Zealand for specialist legal talent.

16/10/2026

How should our courts handle AI-generated evidence? By balancing the use of the new technology against fundamental constitutional rights, says researcher Dr Andrew Chen.

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AI evidence in criminal trials raises questions about reliability, transparency and admissibility, explored through the R v Popper mock trial.

16/10/2026

Political analyst and commentator Chris Trotter reveals why our political system has made it near impossible to effect radical change – and MMP is only partly to blame.

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Chris Trotter examines why New Zealand politics is stuck, arguing that ideological consensus and a lack of alternatives are limiting political change.

16/10/2026

A Christchurch law firm CEO says one solution to "legal deserts" is to deliver legal services more effectively across geographical boundaries rather than trying to lure lawyers to work in rural areas and small towns.

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Jarrod Coburn Michael Andrew’s recent article on ‘legal deserts‘ raises important questions around the availability of legal services to provincial communities. The experiences of practitioners in Hāwera, Greymouth and the Far North demonstrate the difficulties smaller practices face with rec...

16/10/2026

Across the Ditch, it is said that "cultural fit" is becoming more important for law firm recruiters than great skills and a stellar academic record. But what is "cultural fit" and has the trend reached Kiwi law firms?

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Is cultural fit more important than great grades when hiring lawyers? NZ firms explain how values, teamwork and technical skills shape recruitment.

15/10/2026

What is meant by a 'good' law firm culture? And why is it so hard to build?

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Georgina Bond Part 1 of a two-part series When the partners at Kennedys sit down for meetings, the first agenda item isn’t revenue, new business or billable hours. It’s the people who make up the 26-strong New Zealand branch of an international law firm specialising in dispute resolution and adv...

13/10/2026

Te Au Reka – the Ministry of Justice's massive project to digitise the court system – is on track and on budget, insists one of the managers in charge of the roll-out. But documents obtained by LawNews tell a slightly different story.

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New Zealand’s new digital court management system, Te Au Reka, represents one of the most significant changes to the courts in decades. It has been designed to support a more accessible, responsive and efficient court system.

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