National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health At the start of this year The Ministry for the Environment introduced the new National Environmental Standard (NES) for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health came into force. This NES relates to land which is actually or potentially contaminated either from an activity or industry on the Hazardous Activities or Industries List (HAIL) or where a HAIL activity is likely to have …
read moreThe Survey Rules are the government reguations controlling how boundary surveys are carried out. These rules have recently been revised primarily to take advantage of new technologies and a number of changes of varying significance have been introduced. These changes will affect how we carry out our work and some of these changes will also affect our clients.
read moreThere’s been some discussion in The Press this week about boundaries, and what happens when they move after an earthquake. When you see pictures like this one you can understand why… Here’s a letter to the editor on Wed, Sept 8, from Ross Elliot: “Can someone urgently inform us what happens to property rights when there is a considerable lateral shift of a large tract of land in an earthquake.
read moreThe original Unit Titles Act was introduced over 35 years ago, and while it serves well for smaller developments, the rules have created issues for large or complex developments, allowing owner conflicts to stall maintenance, or not being flexible enough when developers want to be innovative. The new Act focuses on rules surrounding the management of the development. The major changes include:
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