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Nathan Pinder: from rugby referee to Supreme Court clerk

16 May 2025

A love of rugby brought a ten-year-old Nathan Pinder to refereeing, a passion that keeps the law and engineering graduate grounded.
Graduate embraces music, modelling and legal reform

16 May 2025

From music gigs to overseas travel, Sione Roberts made the most of university life, but it was his focus on Māori and Pacific legal perspectives that gave him a deeper purpose.
Rohingya crisis: a thought-provoking public seminar

15 May 2025

Despite the dire situation for a million stateless Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, forced to live in vast refugee camps in Bangladesh, life continues and people adapt, a visiting scholar discovered.
Police in the wrong over unlawful photo

13 May 2025

Analysis: A Supreme Court decision may have implications for how police gather and use photos as evidence, writes Alexandra Allen-Franks.
Paying women less won’t grow the economy

10 May 2025

Analysis: National positions itself as a party committed to strengthening our economy. Paul Taillon asks how paying women less than men for the same and/or comparable work will do that?
Winston Peters at 80

9 April 2025

Opinion: Grant Duncan looks back, as the populist’s populist clocks up 50 years of political comebacks, at a career remarkable for its many ups and downs and sheer longevity.
‘Democracy is not lost’: Experts discuss NZ’s place in changing world

4 April 2025

The impacts of US politics on New Zealand will be examined by former UK High Commissioner Phil Goff and University of Auckland experts on 10 April.
Auckland professor’s tax research up for top international award

17 March 2025

A tax revolution is underway as countries put domestic laws ahead of global treaties, says Professor Craig Elliffe, whose research on the topic is up for a prestigious award.
Animals would be a lot better off if the police did their job properly

10 March 2025

Analysis: We can’t keep relying on the beneficence of the SPCA to correct the under-enforcement of animal welfare problems, says Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere.
Why the Government’s stalking bill could make matters worse

7 March 2025

Opinion: The Government got a few things right in its new stalking bill, but in some ways it will actually weaken protections for victims, writes Carrie Leonetti.
Award-winning law teacher follows in family footsteps

3 March 2025

Drawing on her family’s heritage as educators has helped Dr Suliana Mone inspire the next generation of legal minds.
Study reveals flaws in animal protection laws

26 February 2025

New Zealand’s animal welfare system is failing – and in urgent need of a dedicated police unit, researcher warns.

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