June Hardacre

Practice Areas

June is a respected employment specialist who advises private and public sector clients on all aspects of New Zealand employment law.

She acts for some of New Zealand’s best known organisations, such as Television New Zealand, The Warehouse Group, Metlifecare, Deloitte, Qantas, and Rabobank, as well as clients in the tech, start-up, and cryptocurrency space. Her practice also includes advising on health and safety, remuneration and incentives, data protection, and employee privacy matters. June has international expertise, having practised at Linklaters in London for several years.

June has a personal and friendly style. She provides accessible and commercially sound advice to her clients and achieves outcomes for clients that do not compromise values. She has applied this approach during negotiations with unions on collective bargaining and industrial disputes, and while advising on conduct, bullying, and harassment investigations for a range of major New Zealand organisations. June represents her clients at mediations through to Employment Court hearings and has significant litigation experience.