Modern slavery is a worldwide problem which demands adequate legislative action to inform and combat its manifestations, including in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Modern slavery is a human rights violation that occurs in every region of the world. In its 2017 ‘Global Estimates of Modern Slavery’ report, the International Labour Office states that 40.3 million people…
Spouses who have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to abusive ex-partners if they stay in their family home after divorce say the law is retraumatizing domestic violence victims.
Currently, the Property (Relationships) Act 1976 does not have an explicit provision for domestic abuse when considering the division of relationship property. New Zealand’s position…
Since the spread of the Covid-19 virus, Anti-Asian hate crimes increased by over 150% in 2020. President Donald Trump coined the term ‘China Virus’ during his presidency, and it seems as if racially motivated attacks are cropping up in the news more and more often. Last year, a group of Asian people were violently targeted…
The Ruby Project is a small New Zealand ceramic enterprise run by Kate Fitzmaurice out of her home in Wellington. Kate is a 27 year old woman who began this amazing project while working full time, and who still is in the lead up to her launch on March 20th. The Ruby Project exists with…
quotation marks surround language that has been frequently adopted by popular media and utilised in anti-refugee sentiment.
Narrative surrounding the “refugee crisis” has dominated Western media for the past five years. Through calculated manipulation of the truth, aimed at a reactive and insecure public, the term ‘refugee’ has come to entail an array of harmful…
The top District Court judge — Chief Judge Taumaunu — announced a new model where the District Court will take practices from specialist courts and apply them to the mainstream criminal system, starting in Hamilton this year.
The new model, Te Ao Mārama, which means “the transition from night to the enlightened world”, reflects the…
This year Kiwis have the option to pōti (vote) in two referendums as well as in the general election. Most of us understand how a national election works (and if you don’t please check out Vote.nz), but this may be a lot of tauira (student’s) first time voting in a referendum. A referendum is a…
To understand how the ramifications of COVID-19 have affected climate change, it is important firstly to have a basic understanding of climate change. Climate change is an extremely complicated topic and I, a law student, am not going to attempt to break down every scientific aspect of climate change in the next few paragraphs. I’m…
