Professor Khylee Quince – October 2026
Dean of AUT Law School, Professor Khylee Quince (Ngāpuhi, Te Roroa, Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Kahungunu), will join other researchers from the University of Auckland to undertake a project examining the impact on tamariki and rangatahi of the criminal justice response to their primary caregivers, with a particular focus on mothers and imprisonment.
Using a mixed methods approach to generate high level statistical data, the project aims to determine what is currently happening and to facilitate evidence-based suggestions for improvement. The project will directly benefit some of New Zealand’s most vulnerable populations – predominantly Māori women and children who bear the brunt of social precarity in our communities and are disproportionately impacted by current justice practices.