Whakatane

Joshua Cairns

Joshua is a law clerk in our Whakatāne property and commercial law team. Joshua was born and raised in the Eastern Bay of Plenty and joined the Holland Beckett team as a summer law clerk in 2023/2024, he has since returned as a graduate following completion of his studies at the University of Waikato. Joshua …

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Kate Duncan

Kate Duncan is a legal executive in our Whakatāne property and commercial, and estates teams. Kate joined Holland Beckett in October 2021 as receptionist in our Whakatane office, before becoming a legal secretary. She completed her New Zealand Diploma in Legal Executive Studies in October 2024. Kate works alongside Jayden McNeil in the property/commercial team, …

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Brittany Nicholson

Brittany is a Registered Legal Executive in the property and commercial team in our Whakatāne office, working with Dan Broadhurst. Brittany was introduced to the legal profession in 2017 starting out as a litigation assistant. She made the transition over to conveyancing and went on to complete her Diploma in Legal Executive Studies in 2020. …

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Andrea Haycock

Andrea joined our Whakātane Property team in 2022 and handles both residential and commercial property sales, purchases and leasing. Andrea has worked in the legal industry for 10 years; to complement this experience she obtained her Diploma in Legal Executive Studies in 2019 and Diploma in Conveyancing in 2023. Andrea is an Associate Member of …

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Desiree Hepple

Desiree joined our Whakātane team in 2015, specialising in Wills, Estate Planning and Estate Administration. Having lived most of her life in Whakātane, Desiree has a vast knowledge of the Whakatāne area and is well known in the community. Desiree has 34 years local experience in the Trustee industry, specialising in Estate planning, Wills, Enduring …

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Kathy Julian-Ward

Kathy specialises in residential and commercial conveyancing together with subdivisions and asset protection. From Holland Beckett’s Rotorua office, she also deals with all estate administration matters for the office and is enjoying progressing matters for families with the minimum of stress to them. Kathy has 43 years’ experience in a wide variety of the law …

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Jayden McNeil

Jayden is a solicitor in the property and commercial team in our Whakatāne office. Jayden was born and raised in Whakatāne, and joined Holland Beckett in August 2022 after finishing his law degree at the University of Waikato. Since returning home he has been exposed to a very broad variety of work and values the …

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Dan Broadhurst

Dan works out of Holland Beckett’s Whakatāne office, servicing the wider Eastern Bay of Plenty area. Previous to the law, Dan worked as a primary school teacher in Christchurch, Wellington and London. Following overseas travel, Dan switched careers and undertook a law degree at Victoria University. Following study, Dan worked in Whakatāne as a staff …

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Luke Stewart

Luke specialises in property, rural, business and asset planning law. He joined Holland Beckett in 2006 and was appointed a Partner in 2014. Luke manages an experienced team across the Tauranga and Whakatāne offices. Luke’s experience includes the following: Residential and commercial conveyancing and structuring advice for private individuals and developers. Negotiating large forestry, dairy …

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