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The initiatives comprise the introduction of the shared electric car fleet with Yoogo, a proposed public bike share system, and Lime’s e-scooters.

Christchurch City Council has partnered with a range of leading public and private sector organisations with a view to promoting the physical health of its residents, reducing the negative impacts that traditional transport options have on the environment, and reducing the number of cars on Christchurch roads.

Greenwood Roche’s team, led by James Riddoch, worked with Christchurch City Council to prepare the legal framework to support these projects, including advising Council on procurement matters, negotiating the commercial terms with the suppliers, and advising Council in relation to the required permits to allow these businesses to operate in the city.

Watercare is working with various interested parties to deliver improved wastewater services to enable the Redhills area to be extensively developed with the introduction of close to 10,000 residential properties.

Hadleigh Yonge is leading Greenwood Roche’s team which is advising Watercare on aspects of this project, including providing strategic advice, negotiating and acquiring property rights, and advising on and negotiating infrastructure funding agreements.

The Northern Corridor Improvements Project is part of the Government’s accelerated package of transport infrastructure improvements for Auckland and includes the upgrading of the connection between State Highway 1 and State Highway 18, the extension of the Northern Busway and additional lanes on State Highway 1.

Hadleigh Yonge is leading Greenwood Roche’s team which is advising on aspects of this project, including negotiating and acquiring property rights, and advising on and dealing with issues relating to compensation.

The project involved significant negotiation with a prominent New Zealand developer, resulting in a number of transaction agreements, which included careful risk mitigation measures to remove leasetail issues.  Multiple parties were involved in the transaction with the property being sold to an overseas buyer before completion of the building by the developer. The transaction resulted in a new premises that aligned with the company’s values, and included an innovative and energy efficient design and flexible working space with light and views across Auckland city.

The property comprises two office towers (one tower has 22 levels and the other has 17 levels) located on the busy intersection of Queen Street and Victoria Street and accommodates approximately 60 tenants.

Horizon Oil, already the holder of a 10% participating interest in the producing Maari/Manaia fields, has acquired an additional 16% interest from Todd Energy as a result of Todd’s rationalisation of its Taranaki oil and gas assets.  OMV (operator) and Cue Taranaki hold the balance.
 
Brigid and Rachel advised on the requisite Overseas Investment Office sensitive land application and the application for Ministerial consent under the Crown Minerals Act, and assisted Horizon Oil’s General Counsel with certain other closing matters.  Following the obtaining of these regulatory consents, closing was successfully completed on 31 May 2018. 
 
The Maari and Manaia fields have offered stable oil production since 2009 and stable employment opportunities for over 100 people.  As at November 2017, gross field production stood at 8,840bpd of oil.  Gross projected 2P reserves were at 21 mmbls and 2C reserves of oil at 69 mmbls, as at 30 June 2017.  Since 2017 the joint venture has been undertaking field optimisation work as part of the Maari Production Improvement Program.

It first looks at a number of the alternative legislative schemes set up in recent years to fast track development (including subdivision), and considers some of the lessons from these examples which may usefully inform future legislation including the much touted but not yet here urban development authority approach.  It touches on the role of, and tools available to, local authorities under the Local Government Act in relation to subdivisions, including the use of development contributions and development agreements to service growth and asks whether our preoccupation with new tools might prevent us from effectively utilising the tools we already have.   
Download the paper here - https://app.box.com/s/58174muot1x5y7b53t8imgxd4d5l5frd

The Draft Plan was released for consultation on 14 November 2018 with submissions due by 5pm on 19 December 2018.  You can find a copy of the draft plan here - http://engage.regeneratechristchurch.nz/accessible-draft-oarc-regeneration-plan-homepage

 

Congratulations to McKee Fehl Constructors Ltd, this year’s winner of the Greenwood Roche Supreme Award, for the Press Hall 80 Willis Street / 22 Boulcott Street project.
 
What stood out for the judges was the ability of McKee Fehl to repurpose and modernise the Press Hall site.  The end result is an iconic development that adds vibrancy to Wellington but also respects the heritage of the original building.
 
The testimonials for this project summed it up:

• “The concept of unlocking Press Hall, which was essentially buried in between Boulcott Street and Willis Street, was a clever idea.”
• “The newly formed urban laneway leading to the food hall is activated by vibrant and diverse kiosks and a bar above, the veranda can now be occupied by people adding to the urban fabric of the street.”
• “Never before have such old, run down, dark and dingy buildings been so substantially structurally modified, seismically upgraded and refurbished to create such an open, vibrant and modern workplace.”

Eligible urban development projects will include the provision of new public, affordable and Kiwibuild housing, as well as transport links, commercial and industrial developments, infrastructure and supporting community facilities (schools, pools, open spaces and libraries). The HUDA will also absorb the function of Housing New Zealand as the landlord for public housing in New Zealand. 
 
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In the main, the Act is not intended to change our land transfer laws substantially. However, some controversy exists regarding the right of an owner to reclaim title under the manifest injustice provisions, arguably eroding the principle of indefeasibility of title. Also, not all changes promoted during consultation have been adopted, such as placing more onus on mortgagees to verify the identify of their clients, separately defining encumbrances from mortgages, and permitting senior legal executives to certify and sign instruments in Landonline.
 
Some key changes are set out below.
 
New terminology
The Act includes new terminology aimed at modernising the language used. For example, a “certificate of title” and the clumsy “computer freehold/leasehold/interest register” has become the crisper “record of title”, and “registered proprietor” has become “registered owner”. There is also a concept of “replacement lease”, which is a renewed lease or a new lease in substitution for a prior lease between the same parties and relating to the same land.
 
Withholding information for a person’s safety
The Registrar-General of Land is able to refuse to provide a copy of an instrument or a record of title that identifies a person, or to include those details on the register in the first place, if the Register is satisfied that the information discloses or is likely to disclose the person’s location and prejudice their safety.
 
Caveats
There is now an express right for an owner of an estate or interest in land to lodge a caveat against their own title where there is a real risk of fraud.
 
Guaranteed title searches
Guaranteed searches back up the security of the land transfer system, by providing a right to compensation if a purchaser of an interest in a land transaction suffers loss due to the registration of a competing interest. Under the Old Act, the purchaser had to obtain a “guaranteed search” within 14 days before settling the transaction, and had to lodge the transaction documents within 2 months after settlement.
 
The Act updates these periods to reflect the electronic nature of land transactions by:

• requiring that a guaranteed search of the title be obtained within 5 working days before (and including) the settlement date; and
• reducing the period after settlement during which the transaction documents must be lodged at Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) to 20 working days.  

• altering the description of the affected land from “servient tenement” to “burdened land” and from “dominant tenement” to “benefited land”;
• referring to the part of the burdened land subject to the easement as the “easement area”, in line with commonly-used wording;
• updating and aligning the equipment that can be installed under the various types of easement;
• removing unnecessary wording, such as replacing the class of easement previously called “telecommunications and computer media” with simply “telecommunications”;
• requiring the owner of the burdened land to act reasonably when the grantee seeks to install easement facilities; and
• adding an implied electricity conveyance right in order to operate equipment installed under the easement powers (eg. a water pump).  

Congratulations to Nick Flack of Christchurch International Airport, this year’s winner of the Greenwood Roche Young Achiever Award.  Nick is the Asset Planning and Maintenance Manager at Christchurch International Airport, where he has achieved outstanding performance and has made a significant contribution to the planning, construction and on-going maintenance of the Airport’s infrastructure assets.  He has shown focus, dedication and commitment, as well as grit and determination when faced with difficult situations.  He models a collaborative work style that brings together the organisation to translate strategy into action and has the promise of being a future industry leader.

Nick is currently part of the Strategy Action Leadership Group, which is responsible for turning corporate strategy into action.  He has a passion for commercial, operational and master planning as well as for driving long lasting solutions.  He creates clarity of purpose for his teams, articulating the Airport’s property and asset vision and then translating that vision into projects and maintenance plans.

The judges commented on Nick’s determination and motivation to achieve his goals as evidenced by undertaking full time study to complete his Masters in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, whilst also working full time.  He has also been an active member in South Island Logistics Forums, organised personal mentors to help him achieve his goals and completed leadership training, which he has been able to put into practice as part of the Senior Leadership Team.  The work Nick has been involved in has made a significant contribution to the whole of the South Island and the judges were impressed by how Nick sees the big picture, is future focussed and pushes boundaries to achieve his goals.  Nick embodies what this award seeks to recognise and celebrate and is without a doubt a leader of the future.

Congratulations Nick, we look forward to working with you and seeing where your career develop.