Bennett Richardson

Bennett Richardson

New Zealand Lawyer

Bennett Richardson

Content Specialist

12+ years experience80,000 Total views on New Zealand Lawyer in 2025

Bennett's specialty topics

Commercial Insurance Legal Technology

Bennett Richardson is a content specialist at Key Media, who writes sponsored features for leading B2B publications including Australian Broker, Mortgage Professional Australia, New Zealand Adviser, Insurance Business Australia, Insurance Business New Zealand, Insurance Business Asia, New Zealand Lawyer, HRD Australia, HRD New Zealand and HRD Asia.

Over his media career, he has written on derivatives and equities markets across sectors as varied as construction, food and beverage, and department stores for a real-time newswire, investigated the human rights situation in post-Escobar Colombia for the Carter Center, reported on bullfighting traditions in Okinawa for the society pages of the Wall Street Journal Asia, interviewed former kamikaze pilots for the Smithsonian, and documented the near collapse of the New Zealand tourism industry during one of the world's longest border closures. Over a decade in the global academic publishing industry further enhanced his versatility, eye for the meta-story and ability to work with clients to bring out the angle beyond the brief.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“I work with clients to translate commercial priorities into written features that deliver editorially and engage the target audience.”

Also published by

Wall Street Journal Asia · Christian Science Monitor · USA Today · Seattle Times · Washington Times · South China Morning Post · New Zealand Herald · Canberra Times

Featured content from Bennett

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Previous experience

  • Tourism Ticker — Journalist
  • Carter Center — Feature Writer
  • Freelance — Correspondent
  • Dow Jones Newswires — Copyeditor

Education

  • MA (International Relations), Waseda University
  • BA (History), University of Otago
  • LLB (Law), University of Otago

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AI, fraud and ageing - New Zealand elder law's gathering storm

AI, fraud and ageing - New Zealand elder law's gathering storm

Scams, AI complaints and a beds crisis - elder law has never been more complex or more consequential

LexisNexis new ANZ managing director Carol Chris on AI and legal tech in a rapidly changing world

LexisNexis new ANZ managing director Carol Chris on AI and legal tech in a rapidly changing world

LexisNexis has appointed an innovative technology leader to help law firms get ahead of the curve

How AI is changing the lawyer's role in New Zealand

How AI is changing the lawyer's role in New Zealand

Doug Cowan on advising, billing, hiring, and why a photographic memory is overrated now

Prediction markets expose New Zealand's insider trading blind spot – K3 Legal

Prediction markets expose New Zealand's insider trading blind spot – K3 Legal

Insiders may be cashing in on offshore prediction markets while New Zealand law looks away

Todd Walker announces series of promotions

Todd Walker announces series of promotions

South Island firm recognises rising talent with firm-wide promotions across key practice areas

New Zealand's AI governance gap - why the ALTeR Conference is wake-up call for legal professionals

New Zealand's AI governance gap - why the ALTeR Conference is wake-up call for legal professionals

World-leading speakers, CPD credits, and hard questions about AI, law, and NZ's techno-reticence that can no longer wait

World Bar Conference comes to Queenstown

World Bar Conference comes to Queenstown

From executive power to AI, once firm boundaries are shifting. Where does the rule of law fit?

Courage, compassion and cloud computing - one lawyer's journey through change

Courage, compassion and cloud computing - one lawyer's journey through change

How one Auckland lawyer balances partnership, parenthood and AI adoption in suburban practice

Did time slow down for the legal profession this year? (No, really)

Did time slow down for the legal profession this year? (No, really)

As the legal profession navigated a year of change, one company leapt forward as time telescoped