Pitt & Moore in the Media

Business Legal Employment Law Shake-Up: What Hospitality Operators Need To Know – Associate, Heather Collins

March 2026

Pitt & Moore Associate and Employment Team Lead Heather Collins recently contributed an article to Hospitality Business, providing guidance on what the recent amendments to the Employment Relations Act mean for the hospitality sector.

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Immigration New Zealand system outage prompts visa woes for travellers, firms and workers – Senior Associate, Elly Fleming

December 2025

Pitt & Moore Senior Associate Elly Fleming spoke with Gill Bonnett on the disruption caused for migrants, employers, and visa applications by Immigration NZ’s latest system outage. 

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Paper jam: Digital delays at Immigration NZ slow visa processing, push up costs – Senior Associate, Elly Fleming

August 2025

Pitt & Moore Senior Associate Elly Fleming raised her concerns with LawNews about Immigration New Zealand’s digital delays, which are particularly damaging for a range of time sensitive visa categories including seasonal workers and fishing crews. Elly highlights the added financial burden, procedural stress, and the absence of even an interim digital platform, underscoring just how much is at stake as well as the urgent need for a more responsive system.

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Employers, Immigration NZ square off over migrant pay rates – Senior Associate, Elly Fleming

July 2025

Pitt & Moore Senior Associate Elly Fleming speaks with LawNews on the growing tension between Immigration New Zealand and employers over migrant pay requirements.

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Startup strain? Golden visa money may outpace NZ’s investment options – Senior Associate, Elly Fleming

July 2025

Pitt & Moore Senior Associate Elly Fleming has been featured in a piece by Dita De Boni for The Post, discussing New Zealand’s revised Active Investor Plus (AIP) visa scheme. 

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Withholding payment to an employee can now be a criminal offence – Associate, Heather Collins

May 2025

Pitt & Moore Associate Heather Collins has penned a piece for Legalwise about the recent amendment to New Zealand’s Crimes Act 1961, which introduces Section 220AA, making it a criminal offence for employers to intentionally withhold payments owed to employees without a reasonable excuse.

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Revamped visa scheme spells trouble for employers hiring migrant workers – Associate, Elly Fleming

July 2024
Law News

Pitt & Moore Associate Elly Fleming’s opinion piece breaks down the changes to the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) Scheme and the issues they may pose for hiring organisations and their migrant employees.

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The impact of Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme changes on New Zealand’s farming industry – Associate, Elly Fleming

June 2024
Law News

Pitt & Moore Associate Elly Fleming speaks with Farmers Weekly about recent changes made to the Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme and how these new immigration rules directly impact farmers and their migrant employees.

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Immigration NZ’s VisaView system failures cause chaos for migrant workers and employers – Associate, Elly Fleming

April 2024
Law News

Pitt & Moore Associate Elly Fleming expresses her concern to Stuff on Immigration New Zealand’s failure to comply with its promise to provide up-to-date visa status information on its platform VisaView.

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The Immigration Minister’s missed opportunity to improve the Accredited Employer Work Visa Scheme – Associate, Elly Fleming

March 2024
Law News

Pitt & Moore Associate Elly Fleming shares with National Business Review her views on the Immigration Minister’s missed opportunity to improve the Accredited Employer Work Visa Scheme.

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The uneasy interplay between employment law and immigration law – Associates, Heather Collins and Elly Fleming

March 2024
Law News

Pitt & Moore Associates Heather Collins and Elly Fleming’s views about the uncomfortable relationship between employment law and immigration law, and the unintended risks to employers, were published in LawNews magazine this week.

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Are employers ready for changes to offences and penalties? – Associate, Elly Fleming

December 2023
Radio NZ News

Stuff has published an opinion piece from Associate Elly Fleming about the significant changes happening from early January 2024, changes that will impact everyone, including the more than 30,000 businesses that employ migrants under the Accredited Employer Work Visa.

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The lottery keeping families apart and holding New Zealand back – Associate, Elly Fleming

May 2023
Radio NZ News

The announcement that New Zealanders will soon have access to Australian citizenship after four years makes it more important than ever to make our own immigration settings fair and appealing.

Pitt & Moore knows New Zealand’s Parent Category immigration policy needs an overhaul.

Associate Elly Fleming makes the case for why in an opinion piece for RNZ, which you can read online.

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Immigration setting reforms go one step too far – Associate, Elly Fleming

May 2022
Radio NZ News

As a nation, we are reliant on migrant workers to survive, thrive and keep our economy alive, but recent immigration policy reforms make hiring migrants a much more onerous task. Associate Elly Fleming analyses the considerable consequences of these changes that will be felt by all New Zealanders, not just business owners.

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Senior Solicitor Elly Fleming discussed Immigration New Zealand’s announcement to scrap 50,000 visa applications

July 2021
Radio New Zealand interviewed Senior Solicitor Elly Fleming an expert in immigration law concerning the government’s decision to discard 50,000 temporary visa applications from offshore applicants and provide refunds. Elly Fleming expressed concern that the refund process would take too long and did not assist applicants who had paid for immigration advice or incurred other expenses. Elly also noted that many people wanted their visa applications to be processed and kept in the system for when the border reopened.
What is most concerning is that the government is currently considering whether to allow refunds for those who have applied for residence visas, leading to a suggestion that certain residence applications currently sitting in the queue may also be scrapped by the government.

Residence visa application refunds may be next – Immigration New Zealand

Partner Mike McMellon discusses deportation of illegal workers in New Zealand.

March 2021
Radio New Zealand interviewed Partner Mike McMellon an expert in immigration law concerning a group of men facing deportation for staying and working in New Zealand illegally. Mike McMellon stresses that it is critical for New Zealand employers to ensure that they only employ workers who have a right to work in New Zealand.

Immigration lawyer Elly Fleming discusses revamp of residence programme

February 2021
The immigration minister, Kris Faafoi, is considering a revamp of New Zealand’s largest residence programme. Faafoi says a review of the skilled migrant category is a priority. He says no decision has been made on whether to re-start the selection of expressions of interest for skilled workers after it was suspended last March. Immigration lawyer, Elly Fleming , discusses the review with RNZ reporter Gill Bonnett.

Partner Mike McMellon explains implications of Immigration NZ’s email error

January 2021
In this article Partner Mike McMellon an expert in immigration law is interviewed by Radio New Zealand about a serious administrative error made by Immigration NZ prior to Christmas. Mike McMellon explains the significant implications of this error and suggests a way forward for Immigration NZ to effectively and fairly address the administrative error.

Pitt & Moore donates to Rotoiti Lodge Outdoor Education Centre upgrade project

December 2020

Partner Geoff Caradus discusses foreign buyer ban on purchasing residential property

November 2020
In a recent episode of NZ Everyday Investor Podcast, confronting the question of whether foreign buyers are still active in the market and responsible for the current housing boom, our Overseas Investment Act expert Geoff Caradus, Partner discusses the foreign buyer ban on purchasing residential property in New Zealand and how effective it has been. He also explains in simple terms who is considered under Overseas Investment Act to be an ‘overseas person’ and thereby caught by the ban currently in place.

Employers, Immigration NZ square off over migrant pay rates – Senior Associate, Elly Fleming

July 2025

Pitt & Moore Senior Associate Elly Fleming speaks with LawNews on the growing tension between Immigration New Zealand and employers over migrant pay requirements.

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Startup strain? Golden visa money may outpace NZ’s investment options – Senior Associate, Elly Fleming

July 2025

Pitt & Moore Senior Associate Elly Fleming has been featured in a piece by Dita De Boni for The Post, discussing New Zealand’s revised Active Investor Plus (AIP) visa scheme. 

Read Article

Withholding payment to an employee can now be a criminal offence – Associate, Heather Collins

May 2025

Pitt & Moore Associate Heather Collins has penned a piece for Legalwise about the recent amendment to New Zealand’s Crimes Act 1961, which introduces Section 220AA, making it a criminal offence for employers to intentionally withhold payments owed to employees without a reasonable excuse.

Read Article

Revamped visa scheme spells trouble for employers hiring migrant workers – Associate, Elly Fleming

July 2024
Law News

Pitt & Moore Associate Elly Fleming’s opinion piece breaks down the changes to the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) Scheme and the issues they may pose for hiring organisations and their migrant employees.

Read Article

The impact of Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme changes on New Zealand’s farming industry – Associate, Elly Fleming

June 2024
Law News

Pitt & Moore Associate Elly Fleming speaks with Farmers Weekly about recent changes made to the Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme and how these new immigration rules directly impact farmers and their migrant employees.

Read Article

Immigration NZ’s VisaView system failures cause chaos for migrant workers and employers – Associate, Elly Fleming

April 2024
Law News

Pitt & Moore Associate Elly Fleming expresses her concern to Stuff on Immigration New Zealand’s failure to comply with its promise to provide up-to-date visa status information on its platform VisaView.

Read Article

The Immigration Minister’s missed opportunity to improve the Accredited Employer Work Visa Scheme – Associate, Elly Fleming

March 2024
Law News

Pitt & Moore Associate Elly Fleming shares with National Business Review her views on the Immigration Minister’s missed opportunity to improve the Accredited Employer Work Visa Scheme.

Read Article

The uneasy interplay between employment law and immigration law – Associates, Heather Collins and Elly Fleming

March 2024
Law News

Pitt & Moore Associates Heather Collins and Elly Fleming’s views about the uncomfortable relationship between employment law and immigration law, and the unintended risks to employers, were published in LawNews magazine this week.

Read Article

Are employers ready for changes to offences and penalties? – Associate, Elly Fleming

December 2023
Radio NZ News

Stuff has published an opinion piece from Associate Elly Fleming about the significant changes happening from early January 2024, changes that will impact everyone, including the more than 30,000 businesses that employ migrants under the Accredited Employer Work Visa.

Read Article

The lottery keeping families apart and holding New Zealand back – Associate, Elly Fleming

May 2023
Radio NZ News

The announcement that New Zealanders will soon have access to Australian citizenship after four years makes it more important than ever to make our own immigration settings fair and appealing.

Pitt & Moore knows New Zealand’s Parent Category immigration policy needs an overhaul.

Associate Elly Fleming makes the case for why in an opinion piece for RNZ, which you can read online.

Read Article

Immigration setting reforms go one step too far – Associate, Elly Fleming

May 2022
Radio NZ News

As a nation, we are reliant on migrant workers to survive, thrive and keep our economy alive, but recent immigration policy reforms make hiring migrants a much more onerous task. Associate Elly Fleming analyses the considerable consequences of these changes that will be felt by all New Zealanders, not just business owners.

Read Article

Senior Solicitor Elly Fleming discussed Immigration New Zealand’s announcement to scrap 50,000 visa applications

July 2021
Radio New Zealand interviewed Senior Solicitor Elly Fleming an expert in immigration law concerning the government’s decision to discard 50,000 temporary visa applications from offshore applicants and provide refunds. Elly Fleming expressed concern that the refund process would take too long and did not assist applicants who had paid for immigration advice or incurred other expenses. Elly also noted that many people wanted their visa applications to be processed and kept in the system for when the border reopened.
What is most concerning is that the government is currently considering whether to allow refunds for those who have applied for residence visas, leading to a suggestion that certain residence applications currently sitting in the queue may also be scrapped by the government.

Residence visa application refunds may be next – Immigration New Zealand

Partner Mike McMellon discusses deportation of illegal workers in New Zealand.

March 2021
Radio New Zealand interviewed Partner Mike McMellon an expert in immigration law concerning a group of men facing deportation for staying and working in New Zealand illegally. Mike McMellon stresses that it is critical for New Zealand employers to ensure that they only employ workers who have a right to work in New Zealand.

Immigration lawyer Elly Fleming discusses revamp of residence programme

February 2021
The immigration minister, Kris Faafoi, is considering a revamp of New Zealand’s largest residence programme. Faafoi says a review of the skilled migrant category is a priority. He says no decision has been made on whether to re-start the selection of expressions of interest for skilled workers after it was suspended last March. Immigration lawyer, Elly Fleming , discusses the review with RNZ reporter Gill Bonnett.

Partner Mike McMellon explains implications of Immigration NZ’s email error

January 2021
In this article Partner Mike McMellon an expert in immigration law is interviewed by Radio New Zealand about a serious administrative error made by Immigration NZ prior to Christmas. Mike McMellon explains the significant implications of this error and suggests a way forward for Immigration NZ to effectively and fairly address the administrative error.

Pitt & Moore donates to Rotoiti Lodge Outdoor Education Centre upgrade project

December 2020

Partner Geoff Caradus discusses foreign buyer ban on purchasing residential property

November 2020
In a recent episode of NZ Everyday Investor Podcast, confronting the question of whether foreign buyers are still active in the market and responsible for the current housing boom, our Overseas Investment Act expert Geoff Caradus, Partner discusses the foreign buyer ban on purchasing residential property in New Zealand and how effective it has been. He also explains in simple terms who is considered under Overseas Investment Act to be an ‘overseas person’ and thereby caught by the ban currently in place.

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