Kate Mitchell will return to work on 1 August 2016 at Tasman Ltd in Richmond after a break to raise her family.

Kate has experience in public law, predominantly in the fields of resource management, local government and Māori legal issues. 

Antoinette Besier established Tasman Law Ltd in July 2015. Antoinette specialises in public law, particularly in resource management, local government, property, human rights and Māori legal matters.  

Before joining Tasman Law, Kate and Antoinette worked in a Nelson-based law firm specialising in advising local government clients. Both Antoinette and Kate left large national firms in Wellington to practise law in the place where they grew up.