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Professor Lee Godden, Dean of Te Kauhanganui Tātai Ture―Faculty of Law, welcomes all new and returning students on the grounds of Government Buildings in Wellington, home of the Law School at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington.

The Future of Public Law in Aotearoa New Zealand - Professor Jason Varuhas New Zealand public law is on the move. We have entered a new, dynamic phase of legal development, marked by a concern to ensure our public law is responsive to the distinctiveness of the New Zealand context. This new phase has included major recent judgments on the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, Te Tiriti o Waitang...

A public lecture by Te Herenga Waka Centre for Justice Innovation on wellbeing in the criminal law

The highly anticipated Sir Owen Woodhouse Memorial Lecture was presented in 2023 by the Woodhouse Fellow, Richard Gaskins, Professor Emeritus at Brandeis University in Boston. Speaking to the radical principles behind the 1967 Woodhouse Report, Professor Gaskins explored how “the apparent heresies of one generation become the orthodoxies of the next,” to suggest a framework that can, and should...

Dr Scott Farrell, Adjunct Professor, School of Law, UNSW Sydney, presents this insightful public lecture in 2023 on Consumer Data Right, a transformative initiative to be implemented in the New Zealand banking sector that may foster greater consumer choice and stimulate competitive innovation in the marketplace.

The 2023 Lecretia Seales Memorial Lecture in Law Reform was presented by Brendan Sydes. Brendan discussed 'A long and winding journey-development of national environmental law in Australia' and focused on the EPBC Act to explore how the Australian government has committed to its fundamental overhaul, including stronger integration of Indigenous governance-an area where Australia has much to lea...

Te Kauhanganui Tātai Ture―Faculty of Law and the Te Herenga Waka Centre for Justice Innovation hosted a panel discussion made up of experts from a range of disciplines to explore alternatives to using jury trials in dealing with sexual violence offences. On the panel were Reader in Law Māmari Stephens (facilitator), independent researcher Dr Kay Stuart, Chair in Restorative Justice for Te Ngapa...

The Right Honourable Dame Helen Winkelmann, Chief Justice of New Zealand, discuss the role of Common Law in the 2020 Robin Cooke Lecture held on 2 December 2020.

Professor Aileen Kavanagh delivers a lecture on "Deconstructing Declarations" as part of the International Winter Series 2023 at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington.

A discussion of the role of domestic courts in international arbitrations, held at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington on 28 June 2023.

Professor JHH Weiler from NYU Law School discusses ‘Church and state in an age of secularism’ as part of the International Winter series 2023.

Professor Tim McCormack discusses ‘Burnham, Brereton, the OSI and Haddon-Cave: the ICC and national responsibility for war crimes’ in this lecture as part of the International Winter Series 2023.

The New Zealand Centre for Public Law (NZCPL) presents Episode 3 of the Lives in New Zealand Public Law series. In this episode, the NZCPL Director Professor Joel Colón-Ríos talked to Dame Sian Elias, Chief Justice (1999-2019) and Distinguished Fellow at the Faculty of Law at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington. They talked about her early life and education, about some of her e...

In this episode, the NZCPL Director Professor Joel Colón-Ríos talked to Sir Geoffrey Palmer about the past, present, and future of the New Zealand constitution, and about some of the current challenges faced by constitutional democracy in Aotearoa and abroad. 00:00 Introduction 01:05 What is a Constitution 02:49 On the New Zealand Constitution 05:08 On the Constitution Act 1986 10:28 On the Sys...

Panel Discussion: Occupation of Parliament and Pipitea

Introduction to Pasifika Legal Education Research Hub

Updates from Abroad-Video Vignette Claudia Heiss, Chile

Updates from Abroad -Video Vignette Alison Young, United Kingdom

Updates from Abroad - Video Vignette Katrín Oddsdóttir Iceland

Updates from Abroad - Video Vignette Elizabeth Hicks and Sangeetha Pillai, Australia

Law Alumni: Toli Sagaga

Law Alumni: Sir Ken Keith

Law Alumni: Hugh Rennie

Law Alumin: Faalagilagi Tuimavave

Law Alumni: Cassie Nicholson

Acting Dean welcome message-Professor Petra Butler

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Hon David Parker, The legal and constitutional implications of New Zealand’s fight against Covid