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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.
Rhodes to success: students head to Oxford

8 November 2023

Rhodes Scholarship recipients Karan Kalsi and Frances Wright are set to undertake postgraduate studies at Oxford.
Misha Vorobyev: why we should relax rules for Ukrainian refugees

1 November 2023

Opinion: Russian-born academic Dr Misha Vorobyev outlines the issues in the war on Ukraine and states the case for New Zealand to allow more Ukrainian refugees into the country.
Refugee advocate wins social justice award

1 November 2023

Bernard Sama has been recognised for his work to improve Aotearoa's refugee policies, garnering an award for social justice in the process.
NZ’s Oxford odyssey

26 October 2023

In a first for a New Zealand based lawyer, Peter Watts KC has been awarded, by examination, a Doctor of Civil Law from Oxford University.
Big ideas behind old report offer hope for modern-day threats

16 October 2023

Radical ideas presented by the 'father of ACC' in the 60s can be used to address current challenges like climate change and public health issues, says Richard Gaskins.
If prisons actually worked we wouldn't need them

13 October 2023

Opinion: Dumping untold thousands of people into prison is easier than solving any of our social problems, but it won’t work, says Emilie Rākete.
Hamas attack: Why now, and who benefits?

9 October 2023

Opinion: Stephen Hoadley asks who stands to gain and lose the most from Hamas attack of Israel
Remembering Dame Alison, a pioneer for women in law

4 October 2023

The first female chair of Auckland University College's law students' society, Dame Alison Quentin-Baxter passed away peacefully at home on 30 September 2023 at the age of 93.

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