Kia ora
Today we have published the Summer 2025 edition of Rural eSpeaking; your PDF is below.
Inside:
New Zealand’s methane reset
Moo-ving on: Fonterra hands the reins to Lactalis
Over the fence: New limits on farmland to forestry conversions - Increase in Disputes Tribunal jurisdiction - Health and safety considerations for farm visits
If you would like to talk more on any of these topics, or of course on any other rural or general legal matter, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
You will have no doubt seen the government’s proposed on 9 December on the ’new’ RMA - into two pieces of legislation. We plan to publish a special edition of Rural eSpeaking, probably in February that will focus on these proposals - this will give us enough time to take in the government’s proposals and to offer some commentary. And we will publish the Autumn 26 edition of Rural eSpeaking around Easter.
Ngā mihi
Content copyright © NZ LAW Limited, 2025. Editor: Adrienne Olsen. E: adrienne@adroite.co.nz M: 029 286 3650
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
Please note our office will close on Tuesday 23rd December 2025 at 12pm and will reopen Wednesday 14th January 2026 at 8.30am.
HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE DIRECTORS & STAFF OF ALLEN NEEDHAM & CO LTD.


