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Prisoner voting rights measure of democracy

18 December 2018

Opinion: The Supreme Court upheld a High Court decision over prisoners voting rights but the government is not prioritising a law change, writes Dr Edward Willis.
Students track war crimes in Syria

10 December 2018

A chance to take part in an Amnesty International (NZ) investigation into possible war crimes in Syria was too good to pass up for University of Auckland students last week.
Women in NZ: a country of firsts

28 November 2018

Opinion: Women's right to vote was won just 10 weeks before a general election, on this day in 1893. Suffragists work continued as they rallied women to register and use their vote, writes Professor Jennifer Curtin.
Some myths about NZ Super

22 November 2018

Opinion: Let’s not mindlessly raise the qualifying age for Super but instead try to solve actual problems ordinary people face, writes Hon Associate Professor Susan St John.
The cost of our nation’s cultural heritage too high?

19 November 2018

Opinion: An Environment Court decision has paved the way for the destruction of the special cultural heritage landscape at Ihumaatao, near Māngere, exposing flaws in New Zealand’s heritage protection mechanisms.
Future Directions of Aotearoa’s Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Courts Conference

15 November 2018

Researchers at the University of Auckland are hosting a conference to encourage informed, robust, conversations about the future shape, scope and operation of the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Courts.
The widening challenge of the state care abuse inquiry

15 November 2018

Opinion: Changes to the state care abuse inquiry's size and complexity offer a new set of problems, writes Dr Stephen Winter.
Democracy surviving in Trump’s America

12 November 2018

Opinion: Democracy requires engaged citizenship: Not engagement driven by fear and reaction, writes Dr Paul Michel Taillon.
‘Your son Jayden needs our help’

5 November 2018

Opinion: A new 'predictive modelling' system to identify young people on the road to dependency fails basic principles, writes Associate Professor Simon Denny.
Abortion law change at last in sight

30 October 2018

Opinion: In a follow-up opinion piece on the need for change to New Zealand’s abortion law, Associate Professor Liz Beddoe talks through options offered by the Law Commission.
Time to change outdated abortion laws

29 October 2018

Opinion: Current New Zealand abortion law disregards the human rights of women and puts us out of step internationally, writes Associate Professor Liz Beddoe.
Khashoggi killing's harsh but necessary lesson

25 October 2018

The killing of Jamal Khashoggi is shocking. But it is not unprecedented. Journalists around the world are at risk. And the risks are growing. Will academics be next?

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