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Taxing issues skillfully argued in Greg Everard Memorial Moot

15 February 2021

This year’s problem was based on a live case scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court, specially whether a particular financial arrangement was tax avoidance.
Young Myanmar activists a force to be reckoned with

11 February 2021

Opinion: Young people in Myanmar are sidelined for being too immature or too radical. But they're the ones who have always risen to the occasion, writes Liyun Choo.
Why Myanmar’s coup isn’t about Suu Kyi

10 February 2021

Opinion: The coup and transfer of power in Myanmar is unconstitutional, writes Liyun Wendy Choo. The military must back down and legitimate leadership restored.
Taxing residential properties: Is it time to pull the lever?

31 January 2021

Trying to slow the rapid increase in house prices may involve a whole suite of policy measures, says Professor Craig Elliffe.
Celebrating a treaty banning nuclear weapons

26 January 2021

On Friday 22 January 2021, Associate Professor Treasa Dunworth and Dr Anna Hood from Auckland Law School, together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, hosted an event to celebrate the entry into force of the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Toothless nuclear treaty can still bite

21 January 2021

Opinion: Nuclear weapons states and their allies risk reputational ruin if they flout the new UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, writes Carolina Panico.
US democracy will survive Trump: The case for optimism

21 January 2021

Opinion: There are grounds for optimism after the guardrails of American democracy held firm through to Joe Biden's inauguration as President, writes Stephen Hoadley.
Facebook and Twitter: no angels of democracy

19 January 2021

Opinion: Applaud the social media silencing of Donald Trump if you must, but be careful what you wish for, writes Matt Bartlett.
White rage and the Capitol rampage

11 January 2021

Opinion: If BLM protesters acted as Trump supporters did last week, the number of dead, injured and arrested would have been incredibly high, writes Neal Curtis.
Anne Salmond: Trump no aberration

8 January 2021

Opinion: In a winner-takes-all world, Donald Trump is not an aberration - he is the epitome of the cost-benefit calculating individual, writes Dame Anne Salmond.
Anne Salmond: No downside in standing tall, together

9 December 2020

Opinion: Stuff’s apology for the treatment of Māori is powerful because it recognises the Queen’s promise of equality and mutual respect, writes Anne Salmond.
A housing solution – is the Government brave enough?

9 December 2020

Opinion: Our housing crisis is creating intergenerational havoc and drastically widening the wealth gap. Government needs a plan and Susan St John has ideas.

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