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.
Litigation Forecast 2025 | What to do when the regulator calls
Send us your feedback
For show notes and additional resources visit minterellison.co.nz/podcasts
Tech Suite | AI Impact Series: Highlights and insights
Send us your feedback
In this episode, Technology partners, Kate Cruickshank and Tom Maasland, share their reflections on the AI Impact Series, drawing from their conversations with leaders and innovators across six major New Zealand sectors.
They highlight some of the impressive real-world applications of AI in these industries, consider common challenges and emerging solutions, and explore what’s needed to unlock AI’s full potential for New Zealand.
[00:52] Kate and Tom reflect on the practical and creative adoption of AI across New Zealand’s key sectors, highlighting standout innovations shared by interviewees, from AI...
Data Room | Dealmakers Series: Private Equity Executive – Simon Kriechbaum from Five V Capital
Send us your feedback
In this episode of Data Room’s Dealmaker Series, Partner Neil Millar speaks with Simon Kriechbaum from Five V Capital, a private equity fund that recently expanded into New Zealand. The conversation explores how private equity works, what makes it a compelling option for business owners considering an exit, and how Five V Capital approaches partnerships, growth strategies, and long-term value creation. Simon shares insights into the private equity process, common misconceptions, and how business owners can prepare for a successful transaction.
[01:04] Simon explains Five V Capital’s origins, its $3 billion unde...
Tech Suite | AI Impact Series: A focus on the AEC sector
Send us your feedback
In this episode, Technology partner Tom Maasland speaks with Maria Mingallon, Regional Knowledge and Information Manager and Digital AI Lead at Mott MacDonald (Asia, Pacific, New Zealand and Australia) about how AI is reshaping the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sector.
[01:28] Tom and Maria discuss current examples of AI technologies utilised by the AEC sector, such as predictive modelling, computer vision for safety compliance, optical character recognition for digitisation, and AI-powered drones for infrastructure projects, which analyse structural data through both visual and acoustic sensors, enabling early detection of potential defects.<...
Tech Suite | AI Impact Series: A focus on agriculture
Send us your feedback
In this episode, Technology Partner Tom Maasland speaks with Craig Pattison, Business Strategist and COO at Capability Collective and a leading agritech advocate and advisor, about how AI is transforming the agricultural sector and driving innovation, productivity and sustainability on farms across New Zealand.
[01:34] Tom and Craig discuss how AI is actively being deployed across dairy, livestock, meat processing and horticulture operations in New Zealand. From Fonterra’s herd monitoring systems to quality control of kiwifruit at Zespri, AI is driving smarter farm management, boosting productivity, and delivering positive outcomes for fa...
Litigation Forecast 2025: Industry overhaul: Contracts of Insurance Act 2024
Send us your feedback
In this episode of the 2025 Litigation Forecast Podcast Series, Partner Andrew Horne, is joined by Senior Associate Hannah Jaques. They discuss the significant changes coming to the insurance industry as a result of the Contracts of Insurance Act 2024. The conversation covers the distinction between consumer and non-consumer insurance contracts, changes to the duty of disclosure, new remedies for breaches, and the impact on third-party claims.
[00:33] Andrew and Hannah begin by discussing the introduction of the Contracts of Insurance Act 2024. They highlight the two fundamental changes: the distinction between consumer and non-consumer...
Tech Suite | AI Impact Series: A focus on the environment
Send us your feedback
In this episode, of our special AI Impact series, Technology Partner Kate Cruickshank talks with Professor Albert Bifet, Director of the Artificial Intelligence Institute at the University of Waikato, about how AI is reshaping the environmental sector.
[01:10] Kate and Albert discuss AI technologies already being used in the environmental sector, including deep learning models, computer vision, and real-time analytics and consider how these tools are boosting productivity, improving conservation efforts, and helping manage vast scientific datasets in this sector.
[03:27] Albert highlights the growing impact of AI innovations in areas...
Tech Suite | AI Impact Series: A focus on healthcare
Send us your feedback
In this episode, Kate Cruickshank talks with Kieran Erasmuson, co-founder and COO of Script Sense about how AI is reshaping the healthcare sector.
[01:09] Kate and Kieran begin the episode discussing how AI is currently utilised in healthcare, aiding research, streamlining routine tasks and enhancing diagnostics by supporting GPs and specialists with predictive tools.
[03:04] Kieran highlights a standout AI innovation being adopted in healthcare practices across New Zealand: Heidi, which is an AI powered voice-to-text tool for medical use that enables clinicians to focus more on patient care and less...
Tech Suite | AI Impact Series: A focus on education
Send us your feedback
In this episode, of our special AI Impact series, Technology Partner Tom Maasland interviews Dr Geri Harris, Director of the Business Undergraduate Programme and a Senior Lecturer at Auckland University of Technology (AUT), about the transformative impact of AI on the education sector.
[01:17] Geri discusses how she integrates AI tools into her teaching practices, emphasising their efficiency and impact on both teaching and assessment. She highlights how AI can boost student engagement and interaction, and significantly reduce administrative workloads and assessment burdens, allowing educators to focus more time on teaching itself.<...
Tech Suite | AI Impact Series: A focus on creative industries
Send us your feedback
In this episode, Partner Kate Cruickshank talks with Chantelle Cole, Programme Director for the NZ Game Development Sector Rebate at Irirangi Te Motu (NZ On Air), about how AI is reshaping the creative sector, with a particular focus on game development.
[01:37] Kate and Chantelle explore how AI tools like procedural generation, animation and asset generation, quality assurance and generative AI models are significantly improving productivity and efficiency in game development, whilst also improving the gamers narrative experience.
[04:54] Chantelle highlights the game No Man’s Sky, as an example of AI’...
Litigation Forecast 2025: Workplace: A state of change
Send us your feedback
For show notes and additional resources visit minterellison.co.nz/podcasts
Litigation Forecast 2025: Health and safety
Send us your feedback
For show notes and additional resources visit minterellison.co.nz/podcasts
Litigation Forecast 2025: Overview
Send us your feedback
For show notes and additional resources visit minterellison.co.nz/podcasts
Litigation Forecast 2025: Anti-bribery and corruption
Send us your feedback
For show notes and additional resources visit minterellison.co.nz/podcasts
Litigation Forecast 2025: Changing the face of regulatory engagement
Send us your feedback
For show notes and additional resources visit minterellison.co.nz/podcasts
Data Room | Navigating the new United States tariff regime: Impacts on global trade and M&A
Send us your feedback
For show notes and additional resources visit minterellison.co.nz/podcasts
Trusted Insights | The evolution of philanthropy
Send us your feedback
For show notes and additional resources visit minterellison.co.nz/podcasts
Judgment Junction: Whakaari | White Island
Send us your feedback
For show notes and additional resources visit minterellison.co.nz/podcasts
Data Room | M&A Forecast: OIO changes and corporate governance regime
Send us your feedback
For show notes and additional resources visit minterellison.co.nz/podcasts
Tech Suite: Due diligence in an AI enabled world.
Send us your feedback
For show notes and additional resources visit minterellison.co.nz/podcasts
Data Room | People side of transactions
Send us your feedback
For show notes and additional resources visit minterellison.co.nz/podcasts
Trusted Insights | Part 2: Family governance and succession planning
Send us your feedback
For show notes and additional resources visit minterellison.co.nz/podcasts
Data Room: M&A Forecast 2025: Commerce Commission and Competition
Send us your feedback
For show notes and additional resources visit minterellison.co.nz/podcasts
Data Room: M&A Forecast 2025: Energy Sector
Send us your feedback
For show notes and additional resources visit minterellison.co.nz/podcasts
Data Room: M&A Forecast 2025
Send us your feedback
For show notes and additional resources visit minterellison.co.nz/podcasts
Trusted Insights | Part 1: Navigating succession planning
Send us your feedback
In this episode of Trusted Insights, Private Wealth Partner Aimee Mitchell is joined by Working Minds Psychologist, Evana Lithgow to discuss the intricacies of family governance and succession planning. Together they discuss the importance of starting conversations early, and strategies to prevent and managed family conflicts. With an expected $1 trillion in wealth to be transferred between generations in New Zealand over the next 20 years, Aimee and Evana delve into the reasons behind delayed succession planning, the importance of starting conversations early, and strategies to prevent and manage family conflicts.
[00:48] Aimee discusses...
Tech Suite | Cross-border structuring of IP and tax treatment
Send us your feedback
In this episode, MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ Senior Associate Briar Richardson speaks with IP Partner Chris Young and Tax Partner Simon Akozu about some important intellectual property and tax considerations for cross-border transactions.
Chris and Simon discuss the rationales for centralising IP ownership and highlight critical factors to evaluate when structuring IP arrangements from both commercial and tax perspectives. They also address recent comments from Inland Revenue that bundled intangible property transactions are the 'highest risk category' of intangible transactions, and emphasise the need to assess the nature of IP rights being transferred.
...
Tech Suite (TM) | New Zealand’s proposed Biometrics Privacy Code
Send us your feedback
In this episode, Partner Richard Wells and Senior Associate Suzy McMillan from our firm's Corporate and Commercial team, provide valuable insights on the draft Biometric Processing Privacy Code (Code) proposed by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC).
[01:09] Suzy begins the episode outlining the background to the proposed Code, discussing the OPC’s exposure draft, the current draft of the Code and the consultation process that is now underway.
[02:15] Suzy and Richard discuss the purpose of the Code; to establish clear rules for the collection, use, storage, and processing of b...
Judgment Junction | Debanking in New Zealand
Send us your feedback
For show notes and additional resources visit minterellison.co.nz/podcasts
Data Room | Public M&A in focus: Structuring trends and insights
Send us your feedback
For show notes and additional resources visit minterellison.co.nz/podcasts
Sustainable Impact: Climate Change with Minister Simon Watts
Send us your feedback
We are pleased to share with you our new podcast, Sustainable Impact - new series exploring the conversations and developments in sustainability that are shaping Aotearoa New Zealand's future. In our first episode, partners Holly Hill and Stephanie de Groot host Minister Simon Watts, the Minister of Climate Change. They discuss the Government's climate strategy, the challenges and opportunities in achieving New Zealand's climate goals, and the importance of collaboration between the government and the private sector. The episode provides insights into the implementation of the climate strategy, cross-party support, and the role...
Tech Suite | Digital money: Now and in the future
Send us your feedback
In this episode, Technology Partner, Tom Maasland, talks to Financial Services Partner, Jeremy Muir, about the evolving landscape of digital money in New Zealand.
[01:33 – 03:37] Jeremy begins by explaining what digital money is and the distinction between various public and private forms of money, such as fiat currencies, bank deposits, e-wallets, loyalty cards and cryptocurrencies.
[03:38 – 06:57] Tom and Jeremy then focus on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), discussing how governments worldwide, including New Zealand, are exploring these types of public digital currency options. Jeremy further explains the distinction between wholesale CBDCs, used b...
Tech Suite TM | Locked out: Navigating ransomware attacks
Send us your feedback
In this episode, Partner Richard Wells and Senior Associate Suzy McMillan from MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ Corporate and Commercial team discuss the critical issue of ransomware attacks, their impact on organisations, and the key legal considerations involved in responding to such threats.
[01:24 – 02:28] Richard and Suzy observe that ransomware attacks have become a significant concern for organisations of all sizes in recent times, emphasizing the legal and operational challenges they present.
[02:29 – 04:02] Suzy explains that a ransomware attack involves the use of malicious software to encrypt an organisation's data, restricting access to critical IT systems...
Tech Suite | Surfing the AI tech wave these summer holidays
Send us your feedback
In this special episode of Tech Suite, Tom Maasland, a Partner in MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ Technology team, wraps up the year with a festive edition showcasing practical and fun ways to explore some innovative AI tools during the summer holidays.
[00:20] Tom outlines the episode’s focus: showcasing a range of AI tech tools that can enrich listener’s summer activities, whether it’s holiday planning, tackling creative projects, or just sparking engaging conversation around the BBQ.
[01:19] Tom firstly considers ChatGPT, highlighting its practical applications, like planning itineraries, suggesting local activities or even gen...
Tech Suite | Non-malicious cyber failure: Lessons from CrowdStrike
Send us your feedback
In this episode, Technology Partner Tom Maasland talks with Litigation Partner Andrew Horne, about the overlooked risks of ‘innocent’ cyber failures and key lessons businesses can take from CrowdStrike’s recent non-malicious cyber incident.
[00:20] Tom and Andrew discuss the CrowdStrike software update failure. They explain how a single line of incompatible code in an update designed to enhance system security led to global IT outages and although it impacted only a small fraction of Microsoft users, the incident caused significant disruption with far-reaching consequences worldwide.
[03:41] Andrew considers the potential losses...
Tech Suite | Insights into expert AI systems with Richard Kenyon of Datapay AI Labs
Send us your feedback
In this episode, Partner Jane Parker from our Corporate and Commercial team, talks to Richard Kenyon, Associate Director of Operations and Engineering at Datapay AI Labs. Jane and Richard discuss expert AI systems and their evolution, looking at their current capabilities and future potential.
[01:13] Richard begins by explaining the evolution of expert AI systems, from fixed rule-based systems to more flexible, machine-learning-powered models, He then illustrates what an expert AI system is by way of a payroll use case from Datapay AI Labs.
[03:45] Jane and Richard discuss the key d...
Data Room | The impact of AI on the M&A industry
Send us your feedback
In this episode, Partner Neil Millar interviews Partner Tom Maasland, head of our Technology division, to discuss the evolving role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the M&A landscape. Tom provides expert insights into how AI is enhancing efficiency and accuracy in key areas of the M&A process, from due diligence to contract drafting and integration strategy. He also addresses the opportunities and challenges of adopting AI tools within the complex regulatory and operational environment of M&A.
[01:05] Tom provides a foundational definition of AI, its applications, and subsets like m...
Tech Suite | Employee privacy considerations: Managing IPP 6 requests
Send us your feedback
In this episode, Corporate and Commercial Senior Associate Suzy McMillan is joined by Employment Partner June Hardacre to continue their discussion on employee and workplace privacy considerations.
In their previous episode, June and Suzy highlighted key policies and practices organisations should implement to ensure compliance with employee privacy obligations. In this episode, they take a deeper dive into the topic, this time focusing on the actionable privacy rights of employees.
[00:33] Suzy begins by highlighting the episode’s focus on actionable privacy rights, and more specifically how to respond to IP...
Data Room | Buyer remorse: What happens when deals go wrong?
Send us your feedback
In this episode, Partner Neil Millar interviews Aaron Lloyd, a Partner in our Litigation and Dispute Resolution division on buyer remorse in M&A deals. They delve into the complexities of post-acquisition disputes and the strategies that businesses can use to protect themselves. They highlight the importance of clarity in sale agreements, common pitfalls, the significance of acting swiftly on claims, and the role of holdbacks, escrow, and guarantees in managing risk.
[00:49] Neil and Aaron note the significant rise in M&A disputes exploring how economic shifts have contributed to this...
Data Room | Breaking down the blocked Foodstuffs merger and Serato acquisition
Send us your feedback
In this episode of Data Room, Partner Neil Millar is joined by competition law expert Jennifer Hambleton to dissect the recent decisions made by the Commerce Commission (Commission) regarding the proposed acquisitions of Serato by AlphaTheta and the Foodstuffs merger. They explore the implications of these decisions on competition in the DJ software and grocery markets, the factors that led to the Commission's rejections and the emerging trends in regulatory scrutiny of mergers in New Zealand. Neil and Jennifer outline the complexities of competition law and offer valuable takeaways for businesses navigating the...
