Rotorua District Community Law Centre

30/03/2026

11/03/2026

Did anyone leave a walking stick in our centre ? Please contact reception with a description we would love to get it back to its owner! 07 3488060

18/02/2026

Our Criminal Law Clinic is back!! Starting Wednesday 25th of February 1.00pm please call reception to book in!

16/01/2026

Kia ora!

Have you recently gone through a WINZ benefit review hearing, a WINZ medical appeal, or appeared before the Social Security Appeal Authority?

OR

Are you a tenant who has recently been involved in tenancy mediation or appeared before the Tenancy Tribunal?

Meredith Herbert is undertaking a PhD focused on people’s real-life experiences with the welfare and tenancy review systems in Aotearoa.

Participants can be based anywhere in New Zealand.

Participants are not identified in the research findings.

Who can take part in this research?

✅ You must be 18 years or older
✅ You must be able to give consent
✅ You need to have been involved in a WINZ review OR tenancy review process (mediation or the Tenancy Tribunal) within the last 3 years
✅ Have a current email address
✅ Have a stable internet connection.

If you’re interested, Meredith’s contact details can be found on the flyer. 💬

04/12/2025

Kia ora koutou!

New pet bond rules came into effect on 1 December 2025.

We know these changes can be tricky to understand, so we’ve created a short PDF guide explaining what the new laws mean and how they interact with Work and Income entitlements.

Facebook doesn’t allow PDF uploads, so we’ve shared each page as an image instead.

If you’d like the full PDF, just leave your email in the comments or send us a private message and we’ll send it through.

03/12/2025

🐾 **PET BONDS UPDATE** 🐾

Kia ora koutou!

New laws about pet bonds came into effect on 1 December 2025.

We know these changes can be confusing, so we’ve put together a short PDF guide to help make things clearer. Unfortunately, Facebook won’t let us upload PDFs directly, so we’ve shared each page individually.

Want the full PDF? Drop your email in the comments or send us a private message, and we’ll send it straight to you.

A similar guide and presentation about pet bond entitlements with Work and Income is coming soon....

14/10/2025

Come along to the Library to listen to a free talk about tenancy rights!

Experts from Community Law will help you understand and advocate for your rights.

10/09/2025

Anyone in the community need two office chairs well used but still functional. Please feel free to collect from reception. first in first serve.

01/07/2025

Please Note: Our centre will be closed Friday 4th July & will reopen Monday 7th July all messages will be responded to then.