16th February 2026 Airbnb / LegalAirbnb has successfully opposed the registration of the ‘AirHome’ trade mark in New Zealand, with the Intellectual Property Office ruling the name could cause consumer confusion and ordering the applicant to pay costs.
25th August 2025 Legal / Whale WatchWhale Watch Kaikōura has been fined $246,500 after pleading guilty to breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act after two workers were hurt on the job.
19th August 2025 Legal / QantasQantas has apologised to 1,820 ground handling employees and their families for outsourcing their jobs five years ago.
15th July 2025 Legal / The ReesThe operator of The Rees Hotel Queenstown is fined $22,000 for illegal crayfish tours but former CEO Mark Rose is discharged without conviction.
8th July 2025 Legal / SkyCityFormer SkyCity Entertainment Group chief executives Graeme Stephens and Michael Ahearne are among the defendants named in legal action that has started in Australia.
19th June 2025 Larnach Castle / LegalA Larnach Castle employee has appeared in court charged with stealing nearly $90,000 from the attraction.
29th November 2024 Legal / POAThe New Zealand Institute of Safety Management says there are important lessons to be learned from the conviction of former Ports of Auckland chief executive Tony Gibson.
19th November 2024 Legal / The ReesThe operator of The Rees in Queenstown is convicted of breaking fisheries rules associated with a luxury tour experience.
29th October 2024 Jet Boating / LegalAn operator is penalised more than $50,000 over a collision that caused serious injury.
22nd January 2024 Incident / LegalGo Jets Wānaka and one of its skippers have been charged over a crash on the Clutha River more than a year ago.
21st November 2023 Legal / WhakaariInbounders say WorkSafe’s continued legal action creates uncertainty and puts every tourism distributor on notice.
6th September 2023 Legal / WhakaariCharges against the owners of Whakaari White Island over the deadly 2019 eruption have been thrown out.
