Category Archives: News

A major review of New Zealand’s environmental management system has been launched in anticipation of fundamental reform of the Resource Management Act. The Environmental Defence Society review launched today, New Zealand’s Resource Management Law: the Next Generation, is made possible … Continue reading →

The Foundation is New Zealand’s major funder of legal scholarships and achievement awards. The scholarships provide several different support options for advanced legal research, post-graduate legal study and human rights research. The awards recognise current or potential achievement for lawyers … Continue reading →

The Law Foundation-funded discussion paper authored by Zoe Lawton, “One Court, One Judge: An Integrated Court System for New Zealand Families Affected by Violence” was released today. In her research, Zoe has explored the possibility of redesigning of the District, … Continue reading →

Changes including establishing a Personal Injury Commissioner are needed to help the hundreds of thousands of injured New Zealanders whose claims are declined each year by ACC, important new research has found.   The Law Foundation-backed research, published today, also … Continue reading →

The Animal Law Conference, run by the New Zealand Animal Law Association (NZALA), will be the first of its kind in New Zealand on the topic of animal law. The conference, supported by the Law Foundation, will provide a unique … Continue reading →

Johanna McDavitt is the 2017 winner of the New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Scholarship, an award that supports postgraduate research in law that will protect and promote the legal interests of the New Zealand public. Johanna studied at Victoria … Continue reading →

Forensic brainwave analysis – or ‘brain fingerprinting’ – could add a revolutionary new dimension to criminal investigations in New Zealand, a NZ Law Foundation-backed research project led by the University of Canterbury has found. Brain fingerprinting measures involuntary brainwave responses … Continue reading →

Professor Alan Page, one of Scotland’s leading constitutional lawyers at the University of Dundee, is visiting New Zealand this month. He is one of many international speakers the Law Foundation is supporting this year.   While in New Zealand Professor … Continue reading →

Mark Wright has won a 2017 New Zealand Law Foundation Doctoral Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to a doctoral candidate carrying out research in a defined area of law for the benefit of New Zealand and its legal system. Mr … Continue reading →

“The New Zealand Project”, funded by the Law Foundation, was launched on Tuesday 11 April 2017 at the Royal Society of New Zealand in Wellington. This ambitious project by an exceptional young New Zealander confronts the challenges that New Zealand … Continue reading →