MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Welcome to the MinterEllisonRuddWatts' podcast library. Here you will hear from some of New Zealand’s leading lawyers on the latest trends, topics and issues impacting New Zealand businesses today.
Episodes
In this episode, privacy law specialists Richard Wells and Suzy McMillan discuss practical steps organisations can take to ensure their privacy policies remain fit for purpose in the face of growing AI use.
[01:21] Richard asks how the Privacy Act 2020 framework, and in particular Information Privacy Principle (IPP) 3, applies when organisations use AI. Suzy explains that the key starting point is determining w...
In this episode of Level Playing Field, Sports law Partner Richard Wells, and Senior Associate Sarah Redding, discuss sponsorship agreements in New Zealand sport. They explore the key elements of sponsorship arrangements, common areas of legal risk, and practical considerations for both rights holders and sponsors when negotiating, managing and enforcing sponsorship relationships. Their discussion highlights t...
In this episode of Election 2026, MinterEllisonRuddWatts Senior Associate Mark Calderwood is joined by Partner and Public law lead Briony Davies and Special Counsel Daniel Fielding. They explore how government decision‑making is shaped during an election year, focusing on the pre‑election period of restraint and the post‑election Caretaker Convention. The discussion highlights why these conventions matter for ...
In our first episode of Level Playing Field, Sports law Partner Richard Wells and Senior Associate Sarah Redding discuss the issues shaping sports law in New Zealand.
[00:05] Richard and Sarah open the episode by explaining Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) rights in New Zealand sport. They outline why NIL is becoming increasingly important for athletes, governing bodies and commercial partners, particularly as ne...
In this episode, Technology Partner Tom Maasland and Litigation Senior Associate Oliver Sutton revisit the evolving intersection of artificial intelligence and legal privilege, highlighting some recent court decisions and the impact they may have in this area of law.
[00:58] Tom and Oliver open the episode with a brief recap of their earlier Tech Suite episode on AI and legal privilege, noting that emerging cas...
In this episode, Technology Partner Tom Maasland is joined by Special Counsel Liz Rowe, a specialist in retirement villages and aged care, to discuss the rapid rise of age tech and why it matters so much for New Zealand.
[00:54] Tom and Liz consider how New Zealand and the wider world are facing significant demographic shifts, with rapidly aging populations placing pressure on healthcare, housing and workforce ...
In this episode of Election 2026, Solicitor Michael O’Brien is joined by Partner Briony Davies and Special Counsel Daniel Fielding from our Public Law team to unpack the concept of “treating” in New Zealand electoral law and why it continues to matter in modern elections. Drawing on both the Electoral Act 1993 and the Local Electoral Act 2001, they explain how treating broadly captures the pr...
Technology partners Tom Maasland and Kate Cruickshank host our special three-episode series of Tech Suite, marking New Zealand Techweek26.
In this final episode, Tom Maasland is joined by, Chelsea Gordon, the Legal Lead of MinterEllison Australia's AI Advisory practice to discuss how organisations should approach AI governance to navigate the evolving risks and opportunities of AI adoption.
[01:15] Tom and Chels...
Technology partners Tom Maasland and Kate Cruickshank host this special three-episode series of Tech Suite, marking New Zealand Techweek26.
In this second episode, Kate Cruickshank is joined by John-Daniel (JD) Trask, co founder and CEO of software solutions company Raygun and agentic AI automation platform Autohive, to discuss how to drive tech-led productivity growth in New Zealand.
[00:59] Kate and JD discuss...
Technology partners Tom Maasland and Kate Cruickshank host this special three-episode series of Tech Suite, marking New Zealand Techweek26. They will explore how the Techweek26 pillars; foundations, growth, and governance are shaping New Zealand's tech ecosystem.
In this opening episode, Tom Maasland is joined by Susana Tomaz, Programme Lead for Day of AI Aotearoa New Zealand and Director of Futures and AI Stra...
In this episode, Partner Gillian Service and Senior Associate Joshua Kimpton explore New Zealand’s employment law change and how it borrows from concepts in Australia. They are joined by MinterEllison Sydney Partner Gordon Williams to draw on insights from the Australian market.
[00:04] Gillian is joined by Joshua in Auckland and Gordon from Sydney to provide an Australian perspective. Joshua outlines the...
In this episode of the Election 2026 podcast series, Solicitor Michael O’Brien is joined by Partner Briony Davies and Senior Associate Mark Calderwood to discuss the rules and risks around government advertising in an election year. Their discussion explores why government funded advertising attracts heightened scrutiny during election periods, how it differs from political advertising, where the relevan...
In this episode, Financial Services Partner Jeremy Muir and Property Senior Associate Victoria Tatam consider how cryptocurrency can be used in New Zealand real property transactions, discussing the legal, practical and conveyancing issues that can arise when real estate meets blockchain technology.
[00:49] Jeremy and Victoria discuss the growing interest in cryptocurrency property transactions in New Zealand, ...
In this episode of the Election 2026 podcast series, Senior Associate Mark Calderwood is joined by Partner Megan Evans and Special Counsel Daniel Fielding to unpack how political expression on social media is regulated in an election year, and the legal risks that can arise in both the public and private sectors.
[01:04] Mark sets the scene for a likely surge in political content online as the election approach...
In this episode, privacy law specialists Richard Wells and Suzy McMillan consider the legal framework governing data retention and destruction and how organisations can strike the right balance between regulatory compliance and commercial practicality in the age of big data.
[00:37] Richard and Suzy talk about the growing challenges organisations face in a data driven era, where the temptation to store informat...
In this episode, Banking Senior Associate Emma Geard, speaks with Philip Bruno, Chief Strategy and Growth Officer at ACI Worldwide, about payments modernisation – what it is, why it matters for New Zealand right now, and the global lessons that can help guide successful implementation.
[01:14] Emma and Philip discuss ACI Worldwide's global role in payments modernisation, including its work providing payme...
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In this episode, Partner Richard Wells and Senior Associate Sarah Redding from our Corporate and Commercial team discuss Heads of Agreement (HOA) and Letters of Intent (LOI), examining why parties turn to them, what can go wrong, and steps to take to ensure these preliminary documents work for you, rather than against you.
[01:09] Richard and Sarah explain how HOAs and LOIs function as preliminary documents, ty...
In this episode, Technology Partner Tom Maasland and Litigation Partner Andrew Horne examine AI through an insurance risk lens, discussing what insurers are most concerned about, how those concerns are evolving, and what professional firms and businesses need to do to stay insurable as AI use becomes mainstream.
[01:07] Tom and Andy reflect on how recent insurer conversations have shifted from traditional cyber...
In this episode, Technology Partner Tom Maasland is joined by Senior Associate Oliver Sutton from our Litigation team to examine how the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is affecting the application of legal privilege.
[01:20] Oliver outlines the three most common forms of legal privilege encountered in practice: solicitor client privilege, litigation privilege, and privilege for settlement negoti...
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