Breadcrumbs List.
Politics and law
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Tread carefully with big data ethics
11 July 2018
Opinion: It is important to develop ethical control of big data, but we should do so carefully, warns the University of Auckland's Tim Dare.
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Major conference examines land law developments
11 July 2018
Significant changes to the country’s land law, including security of title, will be the focus of an upcoming conference at the University of Auckland next month.
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Data science can tell us which political party is dominating
4 July 2018
Young scientists from the University of Auckland and Victoria University of Wellington have come up with a novel way to figure out which party or parties in New Zealand's Parliament are dominating any particular political debate or discourse.
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Five minutes with: a teen-sex researcher
26 June 2018
Interview: Dr Claire Meehan (Criminology) talks to Newsroom about her research around young people and pornography and the importance of preparing teens for the reality of adulthood.
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Protect the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Philippines
24 May 2018
The Centre for Indigenous People and the Law has voiced strong concern around continuing reports of violations of the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Philippines.
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Budget 2018: our experts react
18 May 2018
Wide-ranging comment and analysis on the 2018 budget from University of Auckland academics.
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A heinous new terror tactic in Indonesia
18 May 2018
Opinion: University of Auckland PhD candidate Sigit Prasetyo and Dr Chris Wilson contemplate an inexplicable new terror tactic involving entire families in Indonesia.
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Index of historic Māori Land Court records is now open access
7 May 2018
Vital information relating to historic Māori land records is now freely accessible to the public through a brand new website.
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New Zealand's heroic response to a faraway genocide
27 April 2018
Opinion: Dr Maria Armoudian (Politics and International Relations) and James Robins talk about the Armenian Genocide and the help that came from NZ's media and people.
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New style of reform way out of growing inequality divide
24 April 2018
Opinion: Professor Robert MacCulloch (Economics) makes the case for introducing universal, compulsory personal savings for welfare and retirement needs as a way out of inequality.
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What a NZ republic might look like
19 April 2018
Opinion: Professor Janet McLean (Law) talks about the 'special arrangement' between the Crown and Māori and the implications if New Zealand ever became a republic.
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Some inconvenient truths about Syria
17 April 2018
Opinion: The air strikes against Syria are not about a moral commitment to just war theory, they are a statement about alliances and enmities in a regional power struggle, writes the University of Auckland's Nicolas Pirsoul.