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NZ Prison

NZ justice system must be transformed

Law
11 Mar, 2024
New AUT research shows a trauma-informed approach is needed to support people moving through the justice system.
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Courts change without cultural reports

Law
16 Feb, 2024
AUT Law Professor Kris Gledhill explains how the abolition of cultural reports may change how court hearings operate – and not for the better.
NZ Justice Sign

Law vs Persons: why legal rules matter

Law
22 Nov, 2023
NZ courts are moving from a “rule of law” to a “rule of persons’ approach, raising important questions about how we want to be governed as a society.
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Time to transform NZ’s justice system

Law
20 Nov, 2023
A five-year study led by AUT Law School aims to transform how our justice system supports whānau experiencing mental health distress and addiction.
Khylee Quince

NZ law schools embed, teach bijural law

Law
08 Nov, 2023
AUT Law School and all NZ law schools are working to ensure the tertiary law curriculum reflects a legal system that is bicultural, bilingual, and bijural.
Phones of all ages

Text messages and sexual assault cases

Law
03 Oct, 2023
Are digital communications, such as texts or WhatsApp messages, useful evidence in trials for serious crime? Paulette Benton-Greig examines the issue.
Celebrating our Law School students

Celebrating our Law School students

Law
29 Aug, 2023
Whānau, whanaungatanga, and festivity were at the heart of this year’s AUT Law School Awards, an annual celebration of student achievement and success.
Complexities of Dickason case explained

Complexities of Dickason case explained

Law
17 Aug, 2023
AUT Law School Professor Kris Gledhill unpacks the complexities of the Lauren Dickason case and explains what is likely to happen next.
What does infanticide mean in NZ law?

What does infanticide mean in NZ law?

Law
01 Aug, 2023
Lawyers are fussy about language because it is their job to argue about its implications. The jury in the Lauren Dickason trial faces a complex task.
Professor of Economics Gail Pacheco

Ethnic pay gap needs action now

27 Jul, 2023
Professor of Economics Gail Pacheco says the research into the ethnic pay gay is strong – and now we must act to close the gap.

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