The Weekend Sun
Friday 10 February 2017
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How you can secure your new relationship A New Year might bring a new relationship. So Patricia Jones from Beachside Legal in Mount Maunganui is encouraging Bay of Plenty couples to look after the property they’ve brought to the new relationship by entering into a prenuptial agreement – which lawyers refer to as a contracting out agreement. Patricia says people are naturally resistant to having agreements, but she urges people to think about it like insurances. “People take out house insurance against fire. They don’t have an issue against paying that and they certainly don’t hope their house is going to burn down, but
they take insurance. “However, they’re resistant to taking a contracting agreement or a prenuptial; but actually it’s the same sort of insurance.” Patricia says, statistically, a relationship break-up is more likely to occur than a house fire. “But for some reason people just don’t want to do insure their relationship. There really needs to be an attitude change. “People need to really think about whether they’re going to be okay if things go wrong, which you hope they don’t. “It’s only to protect what was yours when you went into the relationship, or perhaps
what you got from an inheritance. “It is also relevant to provide for your children to receive what their parent
Talia Marshall and Patricia Jones.
accumulated. “Without a prenuptial the children can miss out in the event of a death or separation.” The team at Beachside Legal offer expert services in drafting agreements and can advise you how to protect what was yours when you entered a relationship. Patricia has been practising family law since 1980 and has a particular focus on matters affecting families. She is a lawyer for children and an accredited mediator. Talia Marshall completed her law studies at Waikato University in 2004 and has been a regular advocate in the Family and District Court since.
Investing in the ones who make music Onesixone DJ – sounds like what it does, perhaps the name of a DJ or a rapper. Close but not quite. Onesixone DJ is a Tauranga-based start-up company, which has launched its first funding round for a development called SoundSwitch that will make DJ’ing more effective and innovative. The DJs will turn on a bigger and better show. SoundSwitch is software that integrates audio software and lighting systems to provide the guys in the headphones greater creative control and superior performance capabilities. Onesixone DJ recently launched its first funding round to raise $560,000 in capital to enable the company to move to the
next stage of growth. Onesixone DJ was co-founded by Tauranga locals Zak Meyers and Matt Watkins, together with software expert Callum Jamieson who relocated to the Bay from Dunedin. SoundSwitch was launched in partnership with Serato, an Auckland-based company that has developed leading software for DJs that replaces traditional turntables. “The idea was to bring the music and lighting systems closer together and put all the creative control in the DJ’s hands,” says Zak. SoundSwitch has been designed to work with Serato’s software to get the appropriate timing information to sync up the lighting and music.
Broadband rollout in Western Bay towns Residents of two Western Bay of Plenty towns are set to benefit from an Ultra-Fast Broadband announcement by the Government. Coromandel MP Scott Simpson says more than 40,000 people in the Coromandel electorate – including in Katikati and Waihi Beach – will benefit from the rollout. “For people living in the 12 Coromandel communities receiving Ultra-Fast Broadband, this
will be the best news they’ve had in a long time. “The electorate is one of the very big winners from the $300m investment being made by the Government. “For businesses and individuals having access to Ultra-Fast Broadband will be life-changing. “Local people will benefit from being internet connected at speeds we’ve never experienced before. “Rolling out faster, more reliable internet is a vital part of our plan to develop a productive and competitive economy.”
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