In the news
May was a newsworthy month for the Faculty with academics and fellows hitting the airwaves on a range of different topics.
May was a newsworthy month for the Faculty with academics and fellows hitting the airwaves on a range of different topics.
Lecturer Bevan Marten demonstrated the breadth of his expertise–speaking to Radio New Zealand’s Bryan Crump about 19th century sailing ships, shipwrecks, abandoned seafarers and vessels in distress (listen here) and to Fair Go about the Master Build guarantee and insurance law (view it here).
Distinguished Fellow Sir Geoffrey Palmer featured on TVNZ’s Sunday programme discussing his former colleague’s fight for the right to die on her own terms (view it here). Sir Geoffrey worked with Lecretia Seales both at the Law Commission and in private practice, and describes her as a “law reformer par extraordinaire”.
The New Zealand Centre for International Economic Law’s Inaugural Senior Visiting Research Fellow Gary Born attracted a wide range of media attention when he visited in early May. This included speaking to Brian Fallow, the New Zealand Herald’s Economics Editor (read his opinion piece here) and appearing on Radio New Zealand’s Sunday programme (listen here).