Breadcrumbs List.
Politics and law
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Tax research recognised as world’s best
12 March 2020
A research paper by Professor Craig Elliffe from the Auckland Law School has been shortlisted for the 2020 Frans Vanistendael Award for International Tax Law.
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Courts no place for fetal alcohol victims
10 March 2020
People with fetal alcohol syndrome are still being punished by the criminal justice system, despite the Teina Pora case, writes MBChB student Emma Espiner.
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Beware: Unelected bureaucrats are stealing our democracy
6 March 2020
Opinion: Professor Robert MacCulloch discusses the issues with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's assertion that it needs to bolster its social license to operate.
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Inia Tomas: ‘Get your arse back into the fight’
6 March 2020
IIn this interview with E-Tangata author Dale Husband, MBChB alumnus Inia Tomas explains some of his aims and efforts as a Māori doctor at Counties Mankau DHB, and the influence of his late mother, Associate Professor in Law Nin Tomas.
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NZ must protect Pacific nations from Covid-19
6 March 2020
Opinion: Pacific Island nations are extremely vulnerable to Covid-19. Inaugural Associate Dean Pacific at FMHS Colin Tukuitonga explains why NZ must protect them.
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How much does kindness matter in politics?
5 March 2020
Green MP and Faculty of Arts alumna Chlöe Swarbrick and Canadian professor Michael Orsini join a public panel discussion on the ways kindness and emotion can work in politics and policy.
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Sir Peter Gluckman leads think tank focused on critical global issues
4 March 2020
Countering the global rise of misinformation and declining public trust with robust research and evidence-based advice is the fundamental goal of a new think tank at the University of Auckland.
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Research shows board directors hampered by compliance issues
4 March 2020
Should board directors contribute to strategy and leadership? Research from the University of Auckland Business School indicates that directors want to, but feel hampered by compliance issues.
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Pacific poet and Chief Justice among Distinguished Alumni
2 March 2020
Four inspirational graduates from the University of Auckland are to be celebrated at the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Awards dinner on March 20.
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The implications of SkyCity’s cancelled speaker
28 February 2020
Opinion: Tim Dare examines what SkyCity's 'de-platforming' of controversial speaker, Princeton Philosophy Professor Peter Singer, might mean for free speech.
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Ihumātao’s heritage listing win - what does it mean?
28 February 2020
Opinion: Giving Ihumātao the highest heritage listing available is a strong signal for the Government and Auckland Council, write Nicola Short and Dr Frances Hancock.
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Child protection bureaucracy out of control
27 February 2020
Opinion: The managerial tail has been wagging the dog in child protection for too long – in the case of the current OT we have reached new heights, writes Ian Hyslop.