Politics and law - The University of Auckland

Canvas>

Intranet>

A tipping point for Oranga Tamariki?

16 June 2019

Opinion: Social workers need to be empowered to understand the law and resourced to do their jobs rather than be treated as puppets, writes Dr Ian Hyslop.
A life less ordinary

11 June 2019

Lau Saili was the first family member on his Samoan side to attend university. Now he's the Acting Director of Strategy for Space, Aerospace and Defence Industry Development for the Queensland Government’s Economic Development Agency.
Four speeding myths debunked

10 June 2019

Opinion: Dr Kirsty Wild and Professor Alistair Woodward from FMHS pick out and dismantle four flimsy arguments against reducing speed limits on dangerous roads.
Scholarship funds research into housing affordability

10 June 2019

The first recipient of the George McWhirter Memorial Masters Thesis Scholarship is using it to fund his research on housing affordability in New Zealand.
Wellbeing Budget quietly rights a wrong

7 June 2019

Opinion: Will a change to long-standing rules finally mean vindication for a group of superannuitants? Susan St John looks at a new policy buried in the Budget.
Unfair superannuation partner rule finally dropped

4 June 2019

The government intends to amend the Social Security Act to make entitlement to New Zealand Super and Veteran’s Pensions simpler and more modern by basing people’s entitlement on their own circumstances, rather than on the circumstances of their partner.
Pene Mathew: legal challenges

4 June 2019

One of the challenges for the new Dean of the Auckland Law School, Professor Pene Mathew, will be how artificial intelligence could affect the legal profession.
Gender equality and the Wellbeing Budget

31 May 2019

Opinion: Jennifer Curtin and Suzy Morrissey from the Public Policy Institute discuss how gender differences might impact the Government’s Wellbeing Budget priorities.
Dame Helen Winkelmann: Chief Justice for all

31 May 2019

New Zealand's new Chief Justice Dame Helen Winkelmann is drawing attention to diversity issues.
Visit by renowned expert on privacy and freedom of expression

30 May 2019

How do we ensure the data privacy protection of our digital selves? Or strike a balance between reputation and freedom of expression? Professor Anne S.Y. Cheung addresses these questions and others in her lectures this month.
The cash benefit fuelling NZ’s housing crisis

30 May 2019

Opinion: It supports 500,000+ NZers but gets little attention. Susan St John and Janet McAllister talk about the Accommodation Supplement and its drawbacks.
As long as there is oppression, there will be resistance

29 May 2019

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere is a central message in two public lectures by a visiting Nigerian criminologist, coming up in June.

Page 43 of 53