Kitty is an employment lawyer with a strong focus on providing practical, commercially sound advice to employers across a broad range of workplace issues. She works closely with clients to navigate complex employment relationships, ensuring compliance while supporting positive outcomes.

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Kitty advises on all aspects of employment law, including employment agreements, disciplinary processes, restructures and redundancies, performance management, and personal grievances.

Kitty has experience in health and safety matters as they intersect with employment obligations, including incident response, advising on PCBU duties.  Kitty also advises clients in relation to employment practice liability insurance.

Kitty represents clients in mediations and in proceedings before the Employment Relations Authority, with a focus on achieving efficient and pragmatic resolutions.

Recent highlights

  • Advising clients on a range of employment matters such as employment agreements, disciplinary processes, restructuring processes, performance issues and Holidays Act obligations.
  • Assisting a Board with contentious Official Information Act and Privacy Act requests.
  • Providing advice and support to a workplace investigation arising from a fatality.
  • Advising and assisting schools with a range of workplace issues.

Kitty's insights

Discrimination claims at work: why they may be the new battleground

14 May 2026

Overlapping duties – a coordination challenge few get right

30 April 2026

Middle East conflict: implications of the war on the freight and logistics sector

28 April 2026

We're driven by our values

They drive our client relationships and connections with our community, and underpin our achievements.

He tangata

  • Member of the National New Lawyers Group

  • New Zealand Law Society DEI External Advisory Panel

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