Best Auckland Law School Podcasts (2024)

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Todd Stephenson: Expanding access to assisted dying 54:12

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Todd Stephenson, Dr Katie Ben, Simon O’Connor and Tory WhanauBy Q+A

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Anti-immigrant rhetoric in Springfield and a second assassination attempt against Donald Trump w/ Yale Daily News’ Andre Fa’aoso: 19 September, 2024

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Wire Host Caeden speaks to Yale Daily News’ Andre Fa’aoso on the anti-immigrant rhetoric from the Trump campaign towards immigrants in Springfield, Ohio as well as the apparent second assassination attempt against Donald Trump this campaign.

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The Wire w/ Caeden: 19 September, 2024

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For our weekly catch-up with the Labour Party, Wire Host Caeden speaks to Labour’s Ginny Anderson about retail crime in the CBD, banning gang patches, and the Minister for Firearms not ruling out bringing back high-powered semi-automatic firearms. For States of the States this week they speak to Yale Daily News’ Andre Fa’aoso about the situation in…

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Proposal to recognise ecocide as a crime against humanity in international law w/ Professor of Law at the University of Waikato, Leilani Tuala-Warren: 19th September, 2024

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Vanuatu, Fiji, and Samoa have formally requested an amendment to the principal treaty of the International Criminal Court to add ecocide alongside genocide, war crimes, and aggression to the international community’s list of most serious crimes. If successful, ecocide would become the fifth recognized international crime. As one of the founding mem…

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MPOX Vaccine w Associate Professor Mark Thomas, Molecular Medicine and Pathology, University of Auckland

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The New Zealand government has recently provisionally approved the Monkeypox, or MPOX vaccine in New Zealand. This comes after two new cases being linked to the Queenstown Winter Pride festival. The overall risk of MPOX to New Zealand still remains low, despite the World Health Organisation Director-General declaring MPOX outbreak a public emergenc…

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The Wire w/ Oto: 18 September, 2024

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For our regular catch-up, Oto spoke to the Green Party’s Ricardo Menéndez-March about the government’s recently proposed changes to the Employment relations act, the Waitangi Tribunal’s findings regarding the marine and coastal area act and the release of a draft list of 35 minerals considered essential to New Zealand’s economy. He spoke to Marama …

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Māori Hospitals w/ Associate Professor of Social Sciences at the University of Auckland Marama Muru-Lanning 18th September, 2024

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Three years ago, the kaumatua hauora research team from the James Henare research centre from the university of Auckland, met with a number of Kaumātua and elderly Māori from the Waikato region to discuss the experiences of Kaumātua in healthcare facilities across Aotearoa. The study found that Kaumatua largely had unpleasant experiences in healthc…

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New Zealand’s Ambiguous Stance on Gaza w/ University of Otago Prof. Robert G. Patman: 18 September, 2024

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New Zealand’s stance on Israel’s war on Gaza, for many foreign policy experts has been anything but clear. Foreign minister Winston Peters has called for a humanitarian ceasefiirie in the UN General Assembly but has been reluctant to recognise a Palestinian state. However, the government has had no qualms about deploying Naval personnel to the Red …

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Paying with your Face w/ Associate Professor Laszlo Sajtos at University of Auckland Business School

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Facial Recognition Technology is an emergent biometric payment system that intends to simplify the process of paying for groceries, similar to Amazon’s ‘just walk out’ initiative a few years ago. There are issues to this being actually adopted, mainly with fears of private security being violated in addition with information related to your face be…

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The Employment Relations Act, Waitangi Tribunal and Draft Minerals List w/ the Green Party’s Ricardo Menéndez-March: 18 September, 2024

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The government recently announced a number of amendments to the employment relations act which would clarify whether a worker was legally considered to be an employee or a contractor. The amendments included a test with four added criteria, such as a written agreement with the worker specifying they were an independent contractor and that the busin…

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Pharmac’s funding of Enhertu for Breast Cancer Patients w/ New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation CEO, Ah-Leen Rayner

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On Friday the 13th September, Pharmac opened consultation for funding of the medication, Enhertu, for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. This comes following the $604 million funding boost allocated to Pharmac to fund and widen access to various medicines. Trials have shown that the drug can reduce risks of breast cancer patients death by 27%.…

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Wayne Brown hasn't ruled out second tilt at Auckland mayoralty 54:32

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With Wayne Brown, Peter Malinauskas, and Steve Jurkovich.By Q+A

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Chris Hipkins: 'We will absolutely need to increase debt' 53:15

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Labour leader Chris Hipkins says NZ needs to have an "honest" conversation about the levels of debt and taxation needed to afford everything that it wants. Q+A also speaks to renewable energy advocate Saul Griffith, Transport Minister Simeon Brown, and rheumatic fever researcher Jason Gurney.By Q+A

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Andrew Little on Health Reform, Defence 54:19

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With Ngira Simmonds, Te Aniwa Hurihanganui, Maiki Sherman and Andrew LittleBy Q+A

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Simeon Brown on council 'nice-to-haves', energy prices 53:25

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With Simeon Brown, Darleen Tana and Eric CramptonBy Q+A

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Nicole McKee wants gun law changes. Will it keep NZ safer? 54:26

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With Nicole McKee, Saunoamaali’i Karanina Sumeo and Phillipa Yasbek.By Q+A

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Labour wants legal advice to unwind charter schools 54:22

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With Jan Tinetti, Barbara Dreaver, Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai and Steven Hail.By Q+A

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Should house prices fall? Kieran McAnulty on affordability 54:14

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With Kieran McAnulty, Sean Sweeney, Benedict Collins and Hugh White.By Q+A

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Oranga Tamariki apologises for delayed contracts 54:20

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With Nikki Hurst, Caroline Flora and Catherine RussellBy Q+A

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Climate change: Is New Zealand doing enough? 54:18

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With Simon Watts, Mahé Drysdale and Logan Church.By Q+A

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Is NZ safer under National? Paul Goldsmith on justice 54:41

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With Paul Goldsmith and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer.By Q+A

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Book launch: The Art and Craft of International Environmental Law (Second Edition) 43:46

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Professor Daniel Bodansky’s seminal and widely acclaimed book The Art and Craft of International Environmental Law was first published in 2010. In contrast to other general works on international environmental law, the book focused on the processes of developing, implementing, and enforcing international environmental law rather than on legal doctr…

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Dig baby dig? Does Shane Jones' case to mine more of NZ add up? 54:29

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With Shane Jones, Mei Heron and Logan Church.By Q+A

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Manurewa Marae: Branded van raises new questions | Q+A 2024 54:44

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With Judith Collins, Karen Chhour, Keith Wiffin and Sonja Cooper.By Q+A

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LCIL Friday Lecture: 'Staging international law: order and disorder in an inter-agency meeting' - Prof Guy Fiti Sinclair, Auckland Law School 39:40

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Lecture summary: A growing body of interdisciplinary scholarship explores overlaps and interactions among different normative and institutional branches of international law. This lecture contributes to this scholarship through a case study of relations among international organizations in the mid-1960s, when several emerging political fault lines …

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LCIL Friday Lecture: ''Mistakes' in War' - Prof Oona Hathaway, Yale Law School 45:43

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Lecture summary: In 2015, the United States military dropped a bomb on a hospital in Afghanistan run by Médecins Sans Frontières, killing forty-two staff and patients. Testifying afterwards before a Senate Committee, General John F. Campbell explained that “[t]he hospital was mistakenly struck.” In 2019, while providing air support to partner force…

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LCIL Friday Lecture: 'Elephants not in the room: Decoupling, dematerialisation and dis-enclosure in the making of the BBNJ Treaty' - Dr Siva Thambisetty, LSE 44:47

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Lecture summary: This lecture examines the treatment of marine genetic resources (MGR) in the negotiations and the text of the new Treaty on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ). The Treaty provides a coherent governance framework for MGR including an unexpected techno-fix to the most longstanding problem of biodiversity governance, som…

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LCIL Friday Lecture: 'Natural Resources in International Law - The Political Economy of Sovereignty and the Postcolonial Order' - Prof Sigrid Boysen, Helmut Schmidt University 40:55

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Lecture summary: From European colonialism to the ‘post’colonial constellation, modern international law has developed in parallel with the changing legal forms of industrialised countries’ access to the natural resources of the global South. Following this development, we can see how imperial environmentalism was translated to the transnational la…

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Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures 2024: 'International Borders in an Interdependent World' - Lecture 3: 'Where Cooperative Border Governance (Should) Lead: Interstate Borders as Though People Mattered ... 1:07:00

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The Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture is an annual three-part lecture series given in Cambridge to commemorate the unique contribution to the development of international law of Sir Hersch Lauterpacht. These lectures are given annually by a person of eminence in the field of international law. This year's lecture was given by Prof Beth Simmons, U…

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Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures 2024: 'International Borders in an Interdependent World' - Lecture 2: 'Treaties and Neighbors: Recovering the Cooperative Roots of International Bordering' - Prof Beth ... 1:03:00

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The Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture is an annual three-part lecture series given in Cambridge to commemorate the unique contribution to the development of international law of Sir Hersch Lauterpacht. These lectures are given annually by a person of eminence in the field of international law. This year's lecture was given by Prof Beth Simmons, U…

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Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures 2024: 'International Borders in an Interdependent World' - Lecture I: 'Setting the stage: Border Anxiety in an Interdependent World' - Prof Beth Simmons, University ... 1:01:00

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The Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture is an annual three-part lecture series given in Cambridge to commemorate the unique contribution to the development of international law of Sir Hersch Lauterpacht. These lectures are given annually by a person of eminence in the field of international law. This year's lecture was given by Prof Beth Simmons, U…

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Chris Bishop: Why ministers are taking major new powers 54:14

6M ago54:14

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With Chris Bishop and Barbara EdmondsBy Q+A

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Matt Doocey: Taking over crisis-hit mental health system 54:30

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With Matt Doocey, Peeni Henare and Peter BaleBy Q+A

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How geopolitical tensions are putting pressure on Air New Zealand 54:28

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With Greg Foran, Dr Patrick Thomsen, Josephine Bartley Geoff Cooper and Rouben Azizian.By Q+A

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Chris Hipkins: Co-governance, Covid-19, and whether he’ll be PM again 54:16

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Chris Hipkins, Erica Stanford, Sharon Zollner and Maiki Sherman.By Q+A

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Chlöe Swarbrick: Green Party politics, working with National, and Palestine chants 54:28

7M ago54:28

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With Chlöe Swarbrick, Louise Upston and Simon ShusterBy Q+A

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David Seymour: Why Treaty of Waitangi principles should be redefined 44:09

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With David Seymour, Rahui Papa, Natalie Coates and Maiki Sherman.By Q+A

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LCIL Friday Lecture: 'International Law and Communications Infrastructure: A History' - Dr Daniel Joyce, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney 34:24

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Lecture summary: This research examines international law’s longstanding entanglement with communications infrastructure. There is increasing concern regarding the rise of private global power in the form of global digital platforms and their model of information capitalism. This paper responds by focusing on historical connections between internat…

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Chris Bishop: What new government will get done by Christmas 54:10

10M ago54:10

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With Chris Bishop, Dr Erik Monasterio, Liam Hehir, Jenée Tibshraeny, and Josephine BartleyBy Q+A

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Nicola Willis: Treasury’s briefing, smoking tax revenue, and the upcoming mini-budget 54:18

10M ago54:18

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With Nicola Willis, David Seymour and Rod Oram.By Q+A

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Friday Lecture: 'Reclaiming Agency: Indigenous Peoples and the Turn to History in International Law' - Dr Lucas Lixinski, UNSW Sydney 33:38

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Lecture summary: In this talk, Lucas Lixinski examines the erasure of Indigenous perspectives from the literature on the turn to history in international law. Considering the turn to history’s promise to offer alternative imaginations by recovering history, it is somewhat surprising and disappointing that so much of this turn is narrated from the p…

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