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Temporary migrant labour and Indigenous sovereignty

29 July 2026

Similarities between New Zealand and Canada's approach to temporary migrant labour and how it intersects with Indigenous struggles was the focus of Hood Fellow Dr Leah F. Vosko's recent public lecture.
From Port Vila to Auckland: Celebrating Bislama, family and culture

25 July 2026

Celebrating Vanuatu Bislama Language Week 26 July–1 Aug at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland.
Banning climate lawsuits could risk billions

22 July 2026

Analysis: A government that legislates immunity for its largest emitters fails its courts and communities and jeopardises its trade agreements, write Jane Kelsey and Fernando Hernandez.
The lethal history of the dum-dum bullet

22 July 2026

How a particular bullet came to cause a moral panic, be banned, but still remain in wide use around the world is the focus of a new book by Maartje Abbenhuis.
Gene tech law rewrite has a gaping ethics gap

22 July 2026

Commentary: As Parliament prepares to rewrite NZ’s outdated gene laws, the missing bioethics oversight leaves critical questions unaddressed argues Lauren Baal.
What happens after a river becomes a legal person?

22 July 2026

A Yale PhD candidate moved to Whanganui to investigate what nearly a decade of legal personhood has meant for Te Awa o Whanganui and its people.
University launches worldwide search for nature-focused researchers

13 July 2026

An international search for researchers with a focus on nature-based solutions to improve business, the environment and the economy is underway.
Climate law tests NZ’s international commitments

7 July 2026

Analysis: New Zealand wants to end climate lawsuits. Justin Sobion asks how that sits with the country's international commitments.
Gehan Gunasekara: why privacy matters now more than ever

1 July 2026

Privacy was a nascent area of the law when the commercial law professor first began his research in the field; now it’s central to how we negotiate our digital world.
Relationship property law needs urgent reform – researchers

1 July 2026

From children's wellbeing to second relationships, legal experts say New Zealand's relationship property law needs urgent reform.
Refugees left out in the cold as doors slam shut

1 July 2026

The achievements of the 1951 Refugee Convention and its current challenges were discussed at an event hosted at the University of Auckland on 26 June.
From bananas to power: Pacific scholar reclaims history of regional resistance

30 June 2026

Dr KDee-Aimiti Ma'ia'i has reclaimed history of regional resistance in the Pacific with doctoral research undertaken at Oxford University. She has begun her new role at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland as the Te Tomokanga postdoctoral Fellow.

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