Tag: commercial leases

Simplify leasing with Property Council’s free Commercial Lease suite

Welcome to a new era in commercial leases Navigating commercial lease agreements can be a complex and costly process. That’s why Property Council New Zealand is making it easier for […]

Final guidelines support tenants and landlords in assessing a ‘fair proportion of rent’

With the Covid Protection Framework now in place, Property Council has revised the draft Operational Guidelines for Determining a Fair Proportion of Rent. The purpose of these Guidelines is to […]

Introducing the Draft Industry Operational Guidelines for Determining a Fair Proportion of Rent

Introduction The COVID-19 Response (Management Measures) Legislation Act 2021 (Act) received Royal Assent on 2 November 2021 and is now in force. This Act amends the Property Law Act 2007 […]

Rent relief recap: the story of the past three months

Commercial rent relief has been top of mind for many in our industry during this last lockdown. Below details a timeline of Property Council’s interactions with the Government on this […]

Property Law Act changes get last minute tweak

With lightning speed, the Government pushed through their changes to the Property Law Act which inserts a rent relief provision into commercial leases across New Zealand. Property Council New Zealand […]

Property Law Act changes: oral submission

Yesterday, Property Council chief executive Leonie Freeman and National Chair Scott Pritchard presented our submission on the COVID-19 Response (Management Measures) Legislation Bill to the Finance and Expenditure Committee. Below […]

Rent payments during lockdown

As New Zealand heads into Alert Level 4 landlords and tenants will be looking at their leases to work out what happens to rent payments over the lockdown period. During […]

The rent subsidy proposal that wasn’t to be

Far and away the number one question we have been asked of late has been “what did Property Council propose to government in terms of a rent subsidy”. Prior to […]