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What's happening at Williams McKenzie, Lawyers

02December2024

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!

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

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.

13May2024

Goodbye Pip

Date May 13, 2024

Details This week we will farewell Pip Masters who is taking on new challenges in the North Island. Pip's last day will be Friday 17th of May.

It's a sad time for us as Pip has been a much-loved member of our team for some years now. We thank Pip for all that she has done and will miss her very much. We hope that the North Island appreciates her as much as we have.

Good luck Pip.

08December2023

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

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

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

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

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.

29August2022

Welcome Sasha

Date August 29, 2022

Details We are excited to welcome a new member to our team.

Sasha Cunninghame is our fabulous new Receptionist who will greet you with a smile on a Monday and Tuesday.

26August2022

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

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.

12June2022

A New Arrival

Date June 12, 2022

Details We are so excited to introduce a new arrival to the Williams McKenzie family. Welcome to the World, Harper Eve Rickerby. Congratulations to Rebecca and her husband Tyler.

11December2021

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

North Canterbury Christmas Tree Festival

Details The 2024 Christmas Tree Festival is now open in the Rangiora council foyer. This year there are 40 Christmas trees in the festival this year as well as a gifting tree for presents to be left for children which will be distributed by Wellbeing North Canterbury.

We have again sponsored a tree decorated by Big Brother Big Sister North Canterbury and we may be biased but we think that it's amazing.

Vote for your favourite tree by Thursday, 12th December. All proceeds go to Bellyful.