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Like most investors, we were experiencing a level of uncertainty about what the change in Government would herald for the property sector. So when we were approached in November about a new project in Queenstown with a new shared model/long term rental strategy we were interested to understand the key fundamentals underpinning the project. New […]

Yi Ping is a partner at Gilligan Sheppard who recently visited China. I stayed one week in China and three weeks in Hong Kong at the end of 2017 and the beginning of 2018, which provided me with plenty to think about… Tourism Every time I visit any touristy areas in China, I can’t help […]

Richard has had over 25 years’ experience with NZ taxation, and particularly enjoys dealing with land tax issues and the GST regime. He deals with clients of all types and sizes and provides tax opinions on the appropriate treatment of items of income and expenditure, assists clients with IRD risk reviews and audits and can […]

A traditional Maori welcome and Sir Owen Glenn opened the charity event which was held at the Ellerslie Racecourse during the Karaka Million. Hosted by the NZ Chinese Jockey Club and sponsored by Hong Kong Airlines. Gilligan Sheppard donated a table – the nominated charity was The Rotary Club of Auckland. Around the edges of […]

Every year, the Christmas party is organised by a group of team members who were employed in the past year. This year’s team consisted of five: Dana, Eric, Phoebe, Tess and myself. It is a difficult task given we have no idea what the previous parties have been and which ones were successful. We looked […]