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02December2024

2024 Christmas Tree Festival

2024 Christmas Tree Festival

Date   December 02, 2024
Details   The 2024 Soroptimist Christmas Tree Festival is now open. This year there are 40 Christmas trees as well as a gifting tree for presents for children that will be distributed by Wellbeing North Canterbury.

We are again sponsoring a tree decorated by Big Brother Big Sister North Canterbury. We may be biased, but we think that it's amazing!

Vote for your favourite tree by Thursday, 12th December. All proceeds from this year's festival will go to Bellyful.

06September2024

Spring into Art!

Spring into Art!

Date   September 06, 2024
Details   We are proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the Rangiora Art Society's Spring Exhibition.

Meet the local artists and discover new pieces to refresh your space.

17May2024

Celebrating staff milestones

Celebrating staff milestones

Date   May 17, 2024
Details  

We thought it was worth celebrating that we are fortunate to have such long-serving staff: 

Vanessa Flannigan

25 years

Debbie Palmer

12 years

Pam Cripps

12 years

Julie Cournane

10 years

Jane Hughes

10 years

Two years ago, we celebrated Louise Doody’s 30 years of service.

08December2023

Christmas Tree Festival

Christmas Tree Festival

Date   December 08, 2023
Details  

The North Canterbury Soroptimists Christmas Tree Festival is being held in the foyer of the Waimakariri District Council.  We are again sponsoring North Canterbury Big Brothers Big Sisters to decorate a tree.

This year all funds raised will go to North Canterbury Big Brothers Big Sisters, so go along to see the display and vote for the best tree with a gold coin donation.

27March2023

Introducing Eden Brooks

Introducing Eden Brooks

Date   March 27, 2023
Details   Eden is able to assist across a range of family law matters and is especially interested in assisting clients with parenting matters or issues of domestic violence. Eden is a legal aid provider.

You can contact Eden by telephoning the office on 313 7086 or emailing her direct on eden@williamsmckenzie.co.nz.

05December2022

Christmas Tree Festival

Christmas Tree Festival

Date   December 05, 2022
Details   It's Christmas time and we are proud to be sponsoring Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Canterbury once again in the Soroptimist Christmas Tree Festival which starts today.

They won the competition last year with their Grinch christmas tree so we are hoping that they can do the same this year.  Proceeds are going to Plunket North Canterbury, so head along to the Waimakariri District Council foyer and cast a vote.  Gold coin donation and child are free.

30November2022

Justice of the Peace appointment

Justice of the Peace appointment

Date   November 30, 2022
Details   Congratulations to Sophia Careford, our lovely Registered Legal Executive who was sworn in as a Justice of the Peace yesterday.  We are very proud of her achievement.

21September2022

30 Years with the Firm

30 Years with the Firm

Date   September 21, 2022
Details   Louise Doody, one of our wonderful Legal Executives has worked for the Firm for an amazing 30 years.

Thank you for your incredible contributions over the years, Louise.

26August2022

Farewell to Clare

Farewell to Clare

Date   August 26, 2022
Details   After 22 years of being front of house at our office, the lovely Clare Wilcox has moved out of the district to chase more hours of sunshine and pursue new inspiration for her amazing art.

We are sure that you will join us in wishing Clare the best.

14July2022

Ron Williams Retires

Ron Williams Retires

Date   July 14, 2022
Details   Ron Williams became a partner in Rhodes Fraser and Co in 1978. The firm later changed its name to Fraser Venning Crerar and then Crerar Williams. When David Crerar took up the position of Coroner in Dunedin in 2007, Tania McKenzie who had been with the firm since 1995 took over David’s share of the partnership. Ron and Tania have, together with a great team, ensured Williams McKenzie has remained a prominent law firm in the district.

More recently Ron had enjoyed a consulting role since retiring from day to day practice in 2018, allowing additional time to follow his passion for cycling and spending more time with his family.

We now take the opportunity to congratulate Ron on his full retirement from the business. He will be missed by everyone in the office and his long standing clients. Tania McKenzie will continue to lead the team.
Ron is still a Rangiora local so please give him a wave when he flies past on his bike or you catch him relaxing in the local cafes.

11December2021

Christmas Tree Festival

Christmas Tree Festival

Date   December 11, 2021
Details   We are proud to be sponsoring Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Canterbury in the North Canterbury News Christmas Tree Festival again this year.
As always, they have done an incredible job decorating the tree.
Best of luck to all of the groups with the judging.

03February2020

Date   February 03, 2020
Details   Tania McKenzie is now a Notary Public after being appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury in England.
A Notary Public is a public official appointed to verify the authenticity of documentation and important transactions for use overseas.

This is a photo of Tania and High Court Judge, Justice Dunningham after Tania was sworn in as a Notary Public.

02July2018

Anti Money Laundering Notice 1 July 2018

Date   July 02, 2018
Details   As of 1 July all Law firms in NZ are subject to new Anti-Money Laundering legislation which imposes requirements on us to verify details for clients both current and new.
Document    /AML.pdf