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NZ’s legal obligations to the world court ruling on Israel

31 January 2024

Opinion: New Zealand's commitment to the rule of international means it is legall obliged to support and also go beyond the UN court’s findings on Gaza, writes Treasa Dunworth.
NZ High Commissioner to Sāmoa makes history

28 January 2024

NZ High Commissioner to Sāmoa Si'alei Van Toor is first person of Sāmoan heritage to hold the role. The University of Auckland alumni is also accredited as the Consular-General of neighbouring American Sāmoa.
Fighting for the youth vote in America

25 January 2024

Motivated to protect democracy and freedoms, young American voters are turning out to vote in higher numbers than ever before, according to a new book by University of Auckland historian Jennifer Frost.
Auckland debaters make their mark in Vietnam

18 January 2024

The new year heralded success for a squad of debaters at the world's largest debate competition.
The ‘Mrs P’ case highlights the crisis in our Family Court

17 January 2024

Opinion: Many women and children, whose true claims of abuse are disbelieved or dismissed, never get their High Court victory, says Carrie Leonetti.
ACT's quest for regulatory reform

15 January 2024

ACT’s attempt at regulatory reform in Aotearoa New Zealand has failed three times already, Emeritus Professor Jane Kelsey asks what’s different now.
Academic explores protection of reproductive choices

13 December 2023

We can freeze eggs and sperm, undergo in-vitro, or choose sterilisation or contraception, but if something goes wrong, the path to justice is complicated, says Dr Anna Broadmore.
Enhancing the mana of Te Tiriti

5 December 2023

Opinion: There is no need for the Act Party’s ‘principles’, because there are not two treaties, says Professor Margaret Mutu. There is only one – Te Tiriti o Waitangi
No Paine no gain: law student wins gold

30 November 2023

Jack Paine sprinted through sweltering heat to win gold at the Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
Simple steps for new Govt to tackle child poverty

16 November 2023

Opinion: For families where parents are without work and need welfare to survive, National’s election promises will deliver nothing, writes Susan St John.
The pseudoscience of ‘parental alienation syndrome’

15 November 2023

Opinion: Thousands of children will go to bed tonight in the court-ordered care of violent fathers because a judge accepted a diagnosis of a non-existent disorder, says Carrie Leonetti
Human rights scholar wins top Royal Society award

8 November 2023

Human rights scholar Dr Maria Armoudian from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland has won the Royal Society Te Apārangi Early Career Research Excellence Award for Social Sciences.

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