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Can kaitiakitanga save the planet?
20 December 2019
Opinion: There's no legal requirement for states to care for the Earth. But we must take responsibility and kaitiakitanga is the key, writes Klaus Bosselmann.
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Staff and alumni newly appointed Silks
6 December 2019
Attorney-General David Parker has appointed Professor Janet McLean, from Auckland Law School, a Queen’s Counsel (QC). She joins alumni Stephen Hunter and Jonathan Temm as newly appointed Silks.
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Your A-Z guide to impeachment
6 December 2019
Opinion: Bill Hodge from the Law School has produced an A-Z guide to impeachment and the controversies around Trump’s presidency that may see the process proceed.
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Posthumous degree awarded, 54 years on
3 December 2019
The family of an Auckland solicitor who died in a climbing accident in 1965, before being capped with his Master of Laws, are pleased he has received a posthumous LLM.
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Graduate selected as Obama Leader
21 November 2019
Tongan-born, New Zealand-raised, lawyer, model, and activist, Lanu Faletau, has been named as an Obama Foundation Leader for the Asia-Pacific Region.
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University of Auckland welcomes Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden
5 November 2019
Some of the challenges New Zealand faces in health, environment, culture, science, and engineering will be addressed thanks to nearly $22 million awarded to the University of Auckland from the Marsden fund.
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Marsden Grant to study disarmament
5 November 2019
Dr Anna Hood has been awarded a Marsden Grant worth $300,000 to investigate coercive disarmament.
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Long road ahead for ‘Mānuka Honey’ trade mark
30 October 2019
Opinion: NZ honey producers are fighting to gain exclusive use of the term ‘Mānuka honey’ in their lucrative overseas markets. Rob Batty explains their difficult road to trade mark certification.
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Sportsman of the Year awarded to martial arts champion
11 October 2019
Auckland Law School student Riley Phillips-Harris, has been honoured with two University of Auckland Blues Awards.
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A profound, perhaps troubling, ruling
4 October 2019
Opinion: The UK Supreme Court ruling that suspension of Parliament was unlawful blurs political and legal lines and influences NZ’s informal constitution, writes Edward Willis.
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Graduate juggles law and healthcare hats
4 October 2019
When Shail Singh walked across the stage to be capped with a Bachelor of Law degree at the Spring Graduation ceremony, she was putting on her new legal hat.
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Landmark tort decision examined
24 September 2019
Lecturer Nikki Chamberlain explains why the recent case of Henderson v Walker is important for the development of the law of privacy in New Zealand.
