Rachael Mason

Feb 17, 2025 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Lauren Smith |Karen Harrison |Rachael Mason |Helen Nichols

1 INTRODUCTION Prisons have been described as ‘the quintessential government institution, with almost complete control over the lives of people compelled to spend time in them’ (Bierie & Mann, 2017, p.478). Depending on how they are run, and what opportunities they provide, prisons have huge potential to change the life course of large numbers of people, for better or for worse (p.478).

May 10, 2024 | lexology.com | Rachael Mason |Mark Williams |Fay Richards

Many employers will have their employer accreditation status coming up for renewal in the next few months and should take note of a significant change in INZ’s approach to these applications. Immigration New Zealand (INZ) has just released guidance on the renewal process, and we expect there will be thousands of applications needing to be handled over the next six months.

Feb 15, 2024 | lexology.com | Mark Williams |Rachael Mason |Julia Strickett |Sarah Kirkwood

Many employers will be aware that the Immigration New Zealand (INZ) approach regarding multi-location Job Check applications has been a little confusing, and on occasion inconsistent. In response, INZ will soon be offering a ‘micro-webinar’ to confirm their approach on this.

Oct 18, 2023 | lexology.com | Mark Williams |Rachael Mason |Julia Strickett

New Zealand has gone to the polls and voted for change. What will this swing to the right mean for New Zealand’s immigration settings? As at 17 October, National and ACT’s combined take results in 61 out of 122 seats, just enough to govern together (which they have already agreed to do). However, the final outcome of the election won’t be known until early November when all approximately 500,000 special votes have been counted.

Oct 13, 2023 | hcamag.com | Mark Williams |Rachael Mason |Julia Strickett |Andrew Shaw

Amended legislation makes it easier to penalize non-compliant employers New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) recently confirmed to us under the Official Information Act 1982 that INZ increased its workplace site visits by 32 per cent, and the Labour Inspectorate increased its workplace investigations by 120 per cent in the six months up to 31 July 2023, compared with the six months prior.