NZ Employment Law Update 2026

Kate Ashcroft

Partner at Ashcroft Mitchell McGregor

Kate has specialised in employment and health and safety throughout her career, and is passionate about providing commercially pragmatic, tailored solutions to client issues.

Kate acts for employers across a range of industries, giving strategic, compliance and best practice advice on non-contentious matters as well as providing representation in disputes.

She regularly presents training and at conferences on employment and health and safety issues. In addition, she is an experienced independent investigator and holds a certificate in workplace investigations from the Association of Workplace Investigators, as the only internationally recognised course of its nature.

Kate is a member of the Institute of Directors, is on the Bay of Plenty Branch Committee of the Human Resources Institute of New Zealand (HRNZ) and is a Trustee of Baywide Community Law Service Kate works between Auckland & Tauranga  and connects with clients throughout New Zealand.