UHY Haines Norton - Auckland Ltd

08/10/2026

Happy Audit Proud Day from the team at UHY Haines Norton Auckland!

This morning our team got together for a morning tea and wore green to show our support for Audit Proud Day, an initiative led by Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ).

Auditors don't always get the spotlight, but their work is so important. They help build trust, promote transparency and give businesses the confidence to make informed decisions. We're proud of our audit team for the professionalism and dedication they bring every day.

Thank you to our wonderful audit team, and to all the auditors across New Zealand doing great work behind the scenes.

07/10/2026

In 2022, one UHY team member scored the highest mark in Australia and New Zealand on the CA Capstone Exam..

The toughest, final battle on the way to becoming a Chartered Accountant.

But results like that don't just come from study.

Having the right people around you: a mentor who answers the same question a dozen ways until it clicks, a buddy who shows you the ropes on day one, and a team that makes space for you to grow.

These things matter more than you'd think.

At UHY, that kind of support is built into how we operate.

Read on to find out more about what it could look like for your career.

https://www.uhyhn.co.nz/insights/the-mentor-the-buddy-and-the-manager-how-expertise-gets-passed-down-at-uhy

01/10/2026

Same language. Same time zone. Must be close enough, right?

That's what Mike and Sarah thought when they took on a big Australian contract for their Auckland construction business. Invoice through the NZ company, send a site manager over, sort the rest out later.

18 months later: they'd unknowingly triggered Australian tax obligations the whole time.

NZ and Australia are closer than most countries — but their tax systems aren't. Read on to find out what went wrong with Apex.

https://www.uhyhn.co.nz/insights/same-language-separate-tax-system-what-caught-one-auckland-business-out

27/09/2026

David built a business for 25 years. Clients trusted him, staff relied on him, everything ran through him.

He'd always thought his indispensability was his strength. Until it wasn't. A car accident that took him out for months showed him how it could also be a liability.

The test that matters more than any KPI: could your business survive six months without you?

If you hesitated, you're not alone — and you're not stuck. Read on to find out what separates a business that runs on one person from one that runs on its own.

https://www.uhyhn.co.nz/insights/can-your-business-survive-without-you

09/09/2026

Two organisations. Same size, same industry, same auditor. One paid more for its audit every single year, and never knew why.

The difference wasn't complexity. It was preparation.

Most businesses don't realise audit fees are driven by time — every hour spent chasing documents or re-checking numbers ends up on the bill. Being prepared compounds, making every future audit more efficient than the last.

Jyoti Kurma on how to get ahead:

Read 'Turning audit season from chaos into a streamlined process ' in the UHY insights. Explore expert insights, practical guidance, and the latest trends across tax, business, audit & advisory.

03/09/2026

On paper, the migration was a success. Data moved. New system worked.

But the mess hidden underneath caught up eventually, and they had to hire a professional to clean it up.

A business we worked with switched to a modern cloud accounting platform expecting less admin and simpler processes. But nobody had looked at the old processes.

This meant duplicate transactions, timing differences, and monthly reconciling. All of which led the "cost-saving" project to become an ongoing cost.

Read the full story before you shortlist software:

Read 'The cloud migration that solved nothing' in the UHY insights. Explore expert insights, practical guidance, and the latest trends across tax, business, audit & advisory.

26/08/2026

Sungesh Singh returns from a week in Shanghai with fresh insights.

Our team recently returned from the UHY Asia Pacific Conference in Shanghai, and multiple conversations with advisers from across the region led to one major conclusion.

The tools are changing fast. What clients actually need hasn't changed at all.

Read the full wrap-up:

Read 'Notes from Shanghai: What a week with our global network taught us about the year ahead' in the UHY insights. Explore expert insights, practical guidance, and the latest trends across tax, business, audit & advisory.

21/08/2026

One person raised, approved, and reconciled payments. Nobody thought to look twice, for two years.

A finance administrator at a small Porirua charity moved $1.06 million into her own accounts — swapping her bank details in for real suppliers'. Sentenced last July to three and a half years.

The uncomfortable truth: the problem lied in the systems. If one person can raise, approve, and reconcile the same payment with nobody else really checking, you're running on trust, not an established process.

Satyam Saha breaks down about the warning signs, and how your organisation can close the gap.

Read 'The warning signs were there all along: lessons from preventable system failures' in the UHY insights. Explore expert insights, practical guidance, and the latest trends across tax, business, audit & advisory.

06/08/2026

Thinking of expanding your business beyond New Zealand’s borders?

It’s exciting. But also, complex. The further you are from familiar territory, the more you need people who already know the terrain.

At UHY Haines Norton, you won’t be navigating this decision alone. With a global network that spans across the globe, you won’t be left with any unanswered questions.

Read on to find out about what this could mean for the expansion of your business.

Read 'Your local accountants. Backed by a global network. ' in the UHY insights. Explore expert insights, practical guidance, and the latest trends across tax, business, audit & advisory.

30/07/2026

You might have seen the headlines. ASB Bank hit with a $6.7 million penalty.

Your first thought was probably: that’s a bank, that has nothing to do with me.

New Zealand's AML/CFT laws cover a lot more than banks. The failures that led to ASB's penalty — systems that look fine on paper but aren't working in practice, monitoring gaps that go unaddressed — are more common than most people realise.

Worth a read if you have AML/CFT obligations, or if you’re not quite sure whether you do.

Read 'The AML case every New Zealand business owner should read ' in the UHY insights. Explore expert insights, practical guidance, and the latest trends across tax, business, audit & advisory.