Category Archives: News

The 2019 New Zealand Law Foundation International Research Fellowship Te Karahipi Rangahau a Taiao awarded to Wellington Barrister, Sue Barker, was dedicated to the question “What does a world-leading framework of charities law look like?” with the final report, entitled … Continue reading →

This important research released this week is essential reading for those who wish to see urgent systematic change to help our young people. The research team was lead by Professor Ian Lambie and the report is entitled How we fail … Continue reading →

Professor Elisabeth McDonald recently released the second of three books in her work spanning 10 years on examining trial processes in rape cases: In the absence of a jury: examining judge-alone rape trials. Calls for changes to the trial process … Continue reading →

This recent publication funded by the Law Foundation sets out the law through which Aotearoa New Zealand responded to Covid-19 in 2020 through to mid-2021. The book outlines the legal frameworks that were in place before the pandemic arrived, the … Continue reading →

The New Zealand Law Foundation congratulates Eve Bain has won this year’s NZ Law Foundation Cleary Memorial Prize – a prestigious award given to a young barrister or solicitor who shows outstanding future promise in the legal profession. Eve graduated … Continue reading →

In a ground-breaking new report, the research team of Warren Forster, Tom Barraclough and Curtis Barnes set out to design legislation that would be effective in identifying and removing barriers that cause disabling experiences for so many of our people. … Continue reading →

A recently-released report authored by Betsan Martin, Response Trust & the New Zealand Maori Council, with Linda te Aho, explored the complex issues of governance for waterways in New Zealand. This is a time of a wider shift towards appreciating … Continue reading →

As Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations from 2008 to 2017, Christopher Finlayson completed an unprecedented number of settlements with iwi. In 2012 alone, Parliament passed more Treaty legislation than it had over the previous twenty years. Christopher Finlayson gained … Continue reading →

Online courts may hold the key to breaking barriers to justice, but the basics need to be right first, a University of Otago academic argues.In a new report, co-funded through the New Zealand Law Foundation’s Information Law & Policy Project … Continue reading →

The impact artificial intelligence will have on work and jobs in Aoteaora New Zealand may be hard to predict, but a New Zealand Law Foundation-funded University of Otago report provides a promising way to adapt – shorten the work week. … Continue reading →