Dear Notaries Due to the national public holiday on 26 September 2022 to mark the passing of Queen Elizbeth II, the Society’s Annual General Meeting scheduled for the same date at the Northern Club in Auckland has been deferred until the following day, Tuesday 27 September 2022 at 2pm. The AGM will now take place […]
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Dear Notaries Please see link to the latest e-issue of Notary World published by the Common Law Association of Notaries August 2022. Kind regards Tracey Merlini Secretary
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Dear Notaries Please find attached Agenda and supporting papers for the upcoming Annual General Meeting to be held at the Northern Club in Auckland at 4pm on Monday 26 September. The AGM will be held in person and a Zoom link will be sent out closer to the time for those members wishing to Zoom […]
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Council members Mike Scannell, Ken Lord and Don Thomas recently met with James Mose, team leader for the Department of Internal Affairs’ Authentications Unit responsible for Notaries in New Zealand. The meeting was a part of the regular dialogue the Council maintain with the Unit to discuss matters concerning our interactions with the Unit. More […]
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Dear Notaries The Society has received notification from the Australian and New Zealand College of Notaries, Sydney, Australia that their planned Masterclass to be held in Auckland 29-30 July has been postponed. Please see link to the newsletter from the College giving their reasons for postponement and for details of what to do if you […]
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Dear Notaries Further to my email in June, registrations are now open for the Australian and New Zealand College of Notaries Masterclass to be held in Auckland 29-30 July 2022. Please see link to details of the Programme and Registrations. Please note that this event is not being hosted by the NZ Society. It is […]
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Recently, one of our Notaries sent me an email with disturbing facts and the redacted version appears below. I urge you all to be vigilant, not to take any document for granted, to check its authenticity, to always get photo ID of the person appearing before you and, if in doubt, to do nothing further. […]
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Dear Notaries The Australian and New Zealand College of Notaries are excited to announce they will be hosting their first Masterclass for 2022 in Auckland, New Zealand. Please see flyer below and SAVE THE DATE. Registrations coming soon.
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The Common Law Association of Notaries are please to publish the latest edition of Notary World – Issue 7 .
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It has come to Council’s attention that some Notaries are letting the standard of our work slip. In particular, we have seen and been told (by the Department of Internal Affairs Authentication Unit amongst others) of 2 main concerns: Witnessing Documents Some notaries have completed a document with just their signature and seal, no other […]
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