Category Archives: Events

~~~~10-16 NOV 2019, WAIKATO/TAUPO/BAY OF PLENTY REGIONS Te Mata Hautu Taketake Maori – Maori & Indigenous Governance Centre (MIGC) will host the Symposium being run from Waikato. It’s anticipated that fifty international delegates from representative Indigenous Governance Institutions will take … Continue reading →

~~~~24 OCTOBER, 2019 New Zealand’s Solicitor-General Una Jagose QC will present the annual New Zealand Law Foundation Ethel Benjamin Commemorative Address in Dunedin on 24 October. Ethel Benjamin’s 1897 graduation speech was titled “The heart must be developed as well … Continue reading →

~~~~11 SEPT – 2 OCT, UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO (host) Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd is visiting New Zealand from 9 Sept to 12 Oct 2019 as the New Zealand Law Foundation’s 2019 Distinguished visiting Fellow and will give public lectures on … Continue reading →

~~~~2-19 SEPT Mental Capacity Law Conferences will be held in seven New Zealand Centres during September 2019. The conferences will be of interest to lawyers, health professionals and others working with people who may lack capacity to make certain decisions. … Continue reading →

~~~~29 AUG 2019, GRAND HALL PARLIAMENT, WELLINGTON The Law Foundation is pleased that Professor Vanessa Munro, an international expert of rape law reform from the University of Warwick (UK), will be delivering the 2019 Shirley Smith Address. The address entitled … Continue reading →

~~~~28 AUG 2019, AUCKLAND ~~~~30 AUG 2019, WELLINGTON Professor Elisabeth McDonald and Paulette Benton-Greig will present findings and reform proposals from their research into rape cases – adult acquaintance cases and comparator cases from Specialist Sexual Violence Court Pilot. Workshop … Continue reading →

~~~~19-20 AUG 2019, RUTHERFORD HOUSE, VUW This two-day symposium will examine contemporary issues affecting children’s rights across 4 broad areas: (1) the care system (2) the criminal jurisdiction (3) the Family Court (4) the voice of the child in matters … Continue reading →

~~~~1-3 AUG 2019, CHRISTCHURCH The theme for this year’s AMINZ Conference is “Still making it work”.The focus will be on disasters and the place of dispute resolution with a particular emphasis on earthquakes, floods and climate change. More about the … Continue reading →

~~~~5 JULY 2019, PULLMAN HOTEL, AUCKLAND Professor Gobodo-Madikizela’s lecture is titled “Repairing the Brokenness of the Past”. She will speak about reconciliation and justice, drawing on her experience as a member of the Human Rights Violations Committee of the Truth … Continue reading →

~~~~5.30pm 11 JUNE 2019, VUW Lecture Theatre 3 Old Govt Buildings (OGB), 55 Lambton Quay, WELLINGTON This timely lecture explores data privacy protection for the digitised persona, focusing on the challenges brought by profiling. The speaker argues that we should … Continue reading →