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The newest appointee to Papua New Guinea’s National and Supreme Court might have ended up in the PNG highlands discovering new animals and plants.
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Article hits the mark with international Top 20 ranking
An article co-authored by Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Professor Graeme Austin has been selected as one of the top 20 journal articles on environmental law published in the United States in the past academic year.
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Students and University on one waka
Rhianna Morar (Ngāti Porou, Te Arawa) is a wahine Māori with a desire to see students and the University Council paddling the same waka.
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The CLOUD Act
This seminar considers whether New Zealand should adopt the 'CLOUD Act' regime. This regime—named after…
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Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century
Is there any hope for those who despair at the state of the world and…