Wednesday, 1 October 2025
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Chair
Kitt Littlejohn, Barrister and Mediator
Learning Objectives
- Identify key legal uncertainties arising in subdivisions, including land covenants and accessway issues
- Understand how to manage conflicts between planning frameworks and private land arrangements
Land Covenants vs. Planning Permissions: Legal Uncertainty in Subdivisions
- Potential conflicts between land covenants and Unitary Plans
- Uncertainties and difficulties in modifying or extinguishing land covenants
- Legal issues with accessways and carparks
- Legal issues with Resource Consent conditions on Incorporated Societies
- Practical tips to prepare
Presented by Tina Hwang, Director, Queen City Law
Presenters
Kitt Littlejohn, Barrister and Mediator
Kitt is a seasoned lawyer with over three decades of post-admission experience. After commencing practice as a property lawyer in his hometown of New Plymouth, he moved to Auckland in 1997, where he specialised in environmental and resource management law, commencing practice as a Barrister sole in 2000. Since then he has practiced almost exclusively in resource management, property, public law, and related regulatory areas. Kitt advises a diverse range of individual and corporate clients seeking approvals across a various industries, as well assisting non-profit environmental protection groups. Kitt’s extensive expertise includes advising on resource development and statutory planning projects at all stages, with specialties in urban redevelopment, rural subdivision, coastal and maritime development, retirement, childcare, waste management, and ports. Additionally, Kitt has been qualified as an Independent Commissioner since 2008 and since then has chaired well over 100 notified application hearings for numerous local authorities around New Zealand. Kitt has also chaired Expert Consent Panels under the COVID Fast-track legislation and he continues to do so under the new Fast-track Approvals Act.
Tina Hwang, Director, Queen City Law
Tina Hwang is a Director and is the Leader of QCL’s large and award winning Property Team. Tina is also Co-Convenor of The Law Association (previously ADLS) Property Law Committee and member of The Law Association Property Disputes Committee. Tina mainly practises in property, construction and litigation. She has deep and wide experience in virtually all aspects of property law and property development and has been involved in some of New Zealand’s largest property projects. Tina has also developed expertise in construction issues and has presented papers at many New Zealand law seminars on property and construction law. She contributes regularly to the Builders & Contractors Magazine. Tina also speaks fluent Korean. Being client-centric Tina has also taken on numerous employment cases (both employer and employee) and the consequent mediation and settlements. Tina regularly appears in Tribunals and Courts. Clients love working with Tina as she is an excellent communicator, works very efficiently and keeps clients fully informed.
