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Support for longer residency for NZ Super

24 October 2018

The Retirement Policy and Research Centre welcomes the recent bill proposing that residency requirements increase from 10 years to 20 years.
Lecture tackles housing crisis head-on

15 October 2018

Frontline social housing worker Bernie Smith will look at how to restore secure housing for all New Zealanders in the Bruce Jesson Memorial Lecture hosted by Faculty of Arts on Tuesday 23 October 2018.
Govt should fast-track loan shark clampdown

15 October 2018

Opinion: New moves against predatory loan sharks are welcome, but there is deep disappointment at the 2020 date for change, writes Dr Claire Dale (Economics).
Otago Proctor’s conduct a naked abuse of power

26 September 2018

Opinion: The Proctor of Otago University violated long established legal principles when he seized student property, explains Dr Edward Willis (Law).
Te Arawhiti can’t just tick boxes

25 September 2018

Opinion: Coalition disagreement forced delays but now we have a new Crown agency - the Office of Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti, writes Professor David V Williams (Law).
Refugee quota a win-win investment

24 September 2018

Opinion: While other countries are blocking borders, New Zealand is doubling its refugee quota, write Associate Professor Jay Marlowe.
$5.4 billion in 'excess profits' for generators

14 September 2018

A new report has found that in the seven years from 2010 to 2016, power generators pocketed an extra $5.4 billion in profits over and above what they would have if the wholesale electricity market was truly competitive.
Sir Geoffrey Palmer calls for bold overhaul of ‘unjust and discriminatory’ ACC

11 September 2018

Former Prime Minister the Right Honourable Sir Geoffrey Palmer QC is using the 2018 Sir Owen Woodhouse Memorial Lectures to call for a bold and visionary overhaul of New Zealand’s accident compensation system.
Free speech: more work and fewer causes célèbres

6 September 2018

Opinion: Dr Edward Willis (Law) argues laws around freedom of expression need constant attention rather than loud debate around controversial speakers from overseas.
No free speech crisis in NZ

30 July 2018

Opinion: Despite strongly divided opinions over a visit by Canadian alt-right speakers, there is no freedom of speech crisis in NZ says Dr Jane Calderwell Norton (Law).
Protect the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Philippines

24 May 2018

The Centre for Indigenous People and the Law has voiced strong concern around continuing reports of violations of the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Philippines.
Two nations in a reform vacuum over family violence

6 April 2018

Opinion: New Zealand has the systems in place to study violence but hasn't acted - Canada has changed its laws but lacks organisational structures. Visiting Canadian Professor Elizabeth Sheehy, an international expert on violence against women, explains.

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