Understanding Your Health and Safety Obligations: A Guide for Small Business Owners in New Zealand

March 2026

Jason Ray

As a small business owner in New Zealand, ensuring the health and safety of your workers is not just a moral responsibility, it is a legal obligation under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (the Act). This legislation places significant ... Read more

How to handle a harmful review online

June 2025

Sarah Hartley

In today’s digital landscape, online reviews can greatly influence the reputation of a business.  For small businesses in New Zealand, a single harmful or unfair review can have a disproportionate impact on them. Dealing with these negative ... Read more

Selling a Business? – Asset vs Share Sales Explained

September 2022 If your company is looking to sell its business, is it best to sell the assets or the shares? What’s the difference between these two methods and what are the pros and cons of each? Asset Sale An asset sale is the sale of part or all of the ... Read more

Business Succession Planning

December 2019

Kent Yeoman

We are in the midst of the retirement of a huge number of the baby boomer generation, many of whom are business owners and may not have planned for the future. The lack of a formal succession or exit plan can have serious consequences for the ... Read more

Commercial Leases in Canterbury – far from ‘Standard’

June 2019 The post-earthquake property shortage affected not only residential property, but commercial as well.  The reduction of available space and amount of tenants needing to relocate found tenants pressured to sign up to a lease with little ability to ... Read more

Constitutions for Small Businesses

September 2018

Hamish Douch

In today’s business environment, the main form of trading entity for a small business is a limited liability company. There are numerous advantages of doing business through a limited liability company. For example, a company is a separate legal ... Read more