Hamish Morrow, Assistant Manager in the Audit and Assurance Services in the Christchurch office, recently spent some time on secondment in Australia. He tells his story:

"For five weeks during August and September this year I was on secondment with Richmond Sinnott & Delahunty, an accountancy practice based in Bendigo, Australia. Bendigo is a city approximately the same size as Dunedin and is located 1.5 hours north of Melbourne. The secondment programme between Polson Higgs and Richmond Sinnott & Delahunty has been initiated as a mutually beneficial exchange programme between the two chartered accountancy firms.

The secondment opportunity gave me an opportunity to experience different clients, different systems, and a different culture. During my visit I was exposed to a number of new clients and spent time travelling around the state of Victoria completing on-site assurance assignments. The secondment arrangement is also of added benefit to each firm as it means there is an additional resource during our respective busy periods. We will have a member from Richmond Sinnott & Delahunty joining us at Polson Higgs during May / June next year where they will spend time in both the Christchurch and Dunedin offices helping out the Assurance Division.

Other highlights from my secondment included going to a game of Aussie Rules at the MCG, taking in the sights of the Great Ocean Road, and being at Olympic Park to watch the New Zealand Warriors win in the last minute against the Melbourne Storm."

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