Features Archive

Community law centres support tens of thousands of people who can’t afford legal help, yet funding has been frozen for eight years and demand continues to rise.

With proposals for $100 cigarette packs, plain packaging and relentless anti-smoking campaigns, New Zealand’s push to become smoke-free by 2025 is ramping up.

Homosexual law reform and growing diversity on the bench mark huge progress, but many barriers remain both inside and outside the legal profession.

Suppression orders and open justice.

Described by Chief Youth Court Judge Andrew Becroft as the most pivotal part of our justice system, the Youth Court shapes futures and reduces reoffending.

International studies show alarming levels of depression and suicide risk among lawyers, and signs suggest New Zealand is no exception.

In 2012, the government pledged Family Court reforms to create a "modern, accessible family justice system that is more focused on the needs of children and vulnerable people". Critics suggest the reforms have fallen short.

Women may dominate the lawyer pipeline, but they rarely reach the top: only 26% of partners, 29% of judges and 27 female KCs in New Zealand history. Glass, or concrete ceiling?

Since the introduction of the Adoption Act 1955, medical records indicate that over 80,000 people in New Zealand have been adopted. Here's what academics, politicians, lawyers, and those impacted have to say.

There are only a few dozen Māui dolphins left and experts hope the development of new technologies can help save the mammal.

New rules to curb investment took effect this month, but the country’s human rights commission says successive governments have failed New Zealanders.

When traditional justice systems fail, survivors are taking to social media instead to hold alleged abusers to account.

2024 has seen record numbers of young professionals leaving for greener pastures. Why now, and should we be worried?

Falling victim to a sophisticated scam begs the question, who pays?

Siouxsie Wiles vs Auckland University and the case that could reshape how institutions handle harassment and academic freedom.

Endometriosis affects 1 in 10 women in NZ — here’s how the system keeps letting them down.

When childbirth causes physical and emotional trauma, have ACC’s reforms gone far enough?