Harkness Henry

Harkness Henry We are specialist lawyers with offices in Hamilton, Auckland, Cambridge, Paeroa and Matamata. Ready to listen, set to respond.

We are specialist lawyers based in Cambridge, Hamilton and Paeroa

๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€. Last Friday, we joined the Shaw and Partners New Zealand Cambridge team to support t...
16/09/2026

๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

Last Friday, we joined the Shaw and Partners New Zealand Cambridge team to support their 9-Hour Corporate Row in support of the Foundation raising awareness and funds for mental fitness and the importance of meaningful connection.

The Cambridge team, with plenty of support from others throughout the day, rowed an impressive 100.1km.

They were also part of a much bigger effort, with Shaw and Partners teams across Auckland, Cambridge, Kerikeri, Wellington, Kapiti Coast and Christchurch collectively rowing an incredible 588.4km.

It was great to get behind such an important cause and support our growing connections in the Cambridge business community.

15/09/2026

It's settlement day! You've signed the paperwork. What happens now? Our Solicitor, Patrick, breaks down what happens behind the scenes before those keys are finally yours.

You can read the full article at our website.

10/09/2026

The confidence was up, so we obviously had to put the team to the test. No pressureโ€ฆ but Kiwi credentials are on the line! ๐Ÿ˜

Another incredible Google review that made our day. Huge thanks to this client for taking the time to share their exper...
08/09/2026

Another incredible Google review that made our day. Huge thanks to this client for taking the time to share their experience with Nicole, Alexandria, and the team. We're proud to be there when people need support most.

๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฑ:

๐ผ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘˜ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘’, ๐ด๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ป๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐ป๐‘’๐‘›๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ.

๐ผ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘’. ๐ท๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’, ๐‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ด๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘๐‘˜๐‘™๐‘ฆ, ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘š๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐ผ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก.

๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’, ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’, ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘š ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ , ๐ผ ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘ฆ. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž, ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐ผ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›, ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ , ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘.

๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘Ž โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘“๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘‘.

๐ผ ๐‘Ž๐‘š ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ด๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’, ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’.

๐ผ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘›๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ป๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐ป๐‘’๐‘›๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›, ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘“๐‘“๐‘–๐‘๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›.

๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ด๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž โ€” ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’.

03/09/2026

We asked the team to settle one of the great Kiwi debates.
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Is Marmite better than Vegemite? ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ตย or ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ต?
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Which one are you? Team Marmite or Team Vege-yuck ๐Ÿ‘€ (Itโ€™s pretty clear where the social media gal stands)

A new chapter begins for four members of the Waikato legal community. Today weโ€™re pleased to welcome into the Harkness H...
02/09/2026

A new chapter begins for four members of the Waikato legal community. Today weโ€™re pleased to welcome into the Harkness Henry whฤnau: Philip Morris, Lisa Horn, Emma Falconer and Priyanka Kumar, who join us from Stace Hammond.

Their arrival follows the closure of Stace Hammond after 114 years in the Waikato. We acknowledge the important contribution Stace Hammond and its people have made to our community over those years.

Philip and Priyanka join Litigation, Emma joins Commercial Property, and Lisa will provide legal executive and secretarial support.

Weโ€™re delighted to welcome their experience and expertise to Harkness Henry as we continue to grow and strengthen our team.

Apparently you are never too young to start learning about mortgages. Our Cambridge and Hamilton teams joined My Mortgag...
01/09/2026

Apparently you are never too young to start learning about mortgages.

Our Cambridge and Hamilton teams joined My Mortgage for a lunch and learn session, covering mortgages, loan documents, the OCR and how we can work better together for our clients.

We provided the lunch and they provided the learning.

Thanks to the My Mortgage team for making the time to join us.

We also had our youngest ever mortgage enthusiast in attendance, already reading Claireโ€™s First Home Buyers book. Never too early to start planning ahead!

Today weโ€™d like to introduce you to Tesa from our Auckland Property team. Tesa works closely with our property solicitor...
23/08/2026

Today weโ€™d like to introduce you to Tesa from our Auckland Property team.

Tesa works closely with our property solicitors, assisting with residential conveyancing and financing transactions, and manages Companies Office and Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR) registrations.

Tesa's expertise and client-focused approach make her a valued member of our team. Welcome aboard.

๐—•๐˜‚๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป? Before you put pen to paper, we recommend speaking with one of our lawyer...
19/08/2026

๐—•๐˜‚๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป? Before you put pen to paper, we recommend speaking with one of our lawyers. Because once youโ€™ve signed, youโ€™re generally locked in and itโ€™s much easier to sort the tricky stuff before it becomes a problem.

A little advice now could save you a headache down the track.

Our Commercial and Property Solicitor, Patrick Steele, offers some really sound advice in our latest article: ๐——๐—ผ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜†?

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