Category Archives: Events

2-4 JULY 2018, UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY, CHRISTCHURCH The University of Canterbury School of Law is hosting the 2018 Pacific Law and Culture Conference. The Conference theme “Voices of the Pacific in a Globalised World,” is intended to increase understanding of … Continue reading →

11 JUNE 2018, UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY This symposium is part of a three-year study at the University of Canterbury titled “Rethinking Surrogacy”. The project involves a multi-disciplinary team of researchers led by Dr Debra Wilson. Other key researchers include Dr … Continue reading →

19-20 APRIL 2018, QUEENSTOWN AMINZ-ICCA International Arbitration Day is being held in Queenstown from 19 – 20 April 2018, following immediately from the ICCA Congress being held in Sydney from 15 – 18 April 2018. It will focus on developments … Continue reading →

15 MARCH 2018, UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND The current law relating to class actions in New Zealand is significantly under developed when compared to other jurisdictions. The lack of legislative guidance on class action litigation is problematic to the judiciary, practitioners … Continue reading →

21-23 FEB 2018, TE PAPA, WELLINGTON Nowhere is climate change, and ocean change, a more urgent issue than across the Pacific, home to many low-lying island nations and sensitive to large swings in climate from year to year. This conference, … Continue reading →

14-15 FEB 2018, Rutherford House, WELLINGTON This two-day symposium will evaluate and make recommendations on the Government’s draft terms of reference for their inquiry into the abuse of children in state care. It will focus on the scope of the … Continue reading →

13-14 FEB 2018, VUW, WELLINGTON This symposium centres on the treatment of cross-border issues by the domestic courts of Australia and New Zealand, encompassing a wide range of public and private international law topics. This one-and-a-half-day event consists of a … Continue reading →

12-14 FEB 2018, UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND This conference is Part 1 of a three-part conference series that recognises the inextricable ties between the New Zealand-based Pasifika diaspora and their Pacific Island homelands and the historical and contemporary influence New Zealand … Continue reading →

15-16 DEC 2017, VUW – FACULTY OF LAW This symposium aims to bring together leading scholars and practitioners in international law in New Zealand and internationally to tackle this fundamental question: Where do we take the design of the international … Continue reading →

6-9 DECEMBER 2017, UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO The University of Otago Legal Issues Centre and Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence will co-host the annual conference for the Law and Society Association of Australia and … Continue reading →