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Student NewsPasifika Academic ProgrammeFourteen Māori and Pasifika Law School students had theopportunity this year to present original research at the Law andCulture conference hosted by the University of the South Pacific inthe Vanuatuan capital of Port Vila. Given the scarcity of Pacific legalacademics in Auckland, the opportunity for students to present theirpapers to an audience of legal academics, law practitioners and fellowlaw students from across the Pacific was invaluable.The group received generous financial support for the trip fromthe Law Faculty, the University’s Equity Office, and also carried outindependent fundraising. The main fundraising event, the “Po Fiafia”,was staged in August in the Fale Pasifika. A large and appreciativeaudience were treated to an unusual mixture of intellectual andphysical performance. The event was MC’d by Efeso Collins, a formerPresident of Auckland University Students’ Association, now researcherand radio host. Students summarised the papers they were preparingfor the conference. The presentations were punctuated by dances andsongs which saw the students joined on stage by the likes of JoyannaMeyer, the reigning Miss South Pacific, and many of their friends,relatives, and colleagues. At one point the Dean of Law AndrewStockley and his predecessor Paul Rishworth were invited onto the stageand won a round of loud applause by demonstrating their hithertounknown proficiency at traditional Cook Islands dance. Just days afterthe Po Fiafia, the group left Auckland bound for Port Vila with seniorlecturer Treasa Dunworth, senior tutor Danielle Kelly, Pasifika AcademicSupport Coordinator Helena Kaho and Pouāwhina Māori Ihipera Ulu(also presenting a paper at the conference).At the conference parallels between the research paths differentstudents had been investigating emerged. One theme concernedattempts to rescue elements of traditional Polynesian culture frommisunderstanding and to show their usefulness in the twenty-firstcentury. Another was the clash between the Western legal traditionand Polynesian society, with some presenters arguing that certain lawsmight usefully be imported into Pacific legal systems.A further triumph at the conference was the moot competitionbetween Otago, Auckland, USP (Emalus and Laucala) law schools, withthe Auckland moot team, Alexandrya Herman and Rachel Duncan,winning the Competition. The competition took place in the fictitiousCourt of Appeal of Ramos, a Pacific Island jurisdiction. The probleminvolved a dispute between four siblings in Ramos as to whether thecustomary law rule, whereby the eldest male should be the sole ownerof customary land, should prevail over the provisions of the Constitutionof Ramos, which included reference to equal treatment between menand women.Participation at the conference was just one of many academicinitiatives supported by the Pasifika Academic Support Strategies (PASS)Programme during 2011. In addition to the fortnightly PASS TutorialProgramme and associated workshops covering all compulsory PartI - III law courses, a range of events took place throughout 2011.Part I students were encouraged to attend Introductory Law 121and Law 131 sessions before commencing their Part I LLB courses.These preparatory sessions aimed to have students “hit the groundrunning” and achieve the grades necessary for entry to LLB Part II.During semester one, a collaborative Māori/Pasifika Noho Maraeweekend was heralded a great success by students who attended. Itwas followed in semester two by a Part II Boot Camp weekend. ThePASS Programme also runs a Pacific Mooting Programme, and with thesupport of the Pacific Lawyers Association (PLA), Careers Developmentevenings and student/practitioner “meet and greet” events.Next year Auckland will host the 2012 Law and Culture Conference.Helena KahoThe moot winnersFor a story covering the Māori Academic Programme 2011 see theLaw School’s website, www.law.auckland.ac.nz28 EDEN CRESCENT 2011
Student NewsAuckland University Law ReviewNow in its 44th year, the Auckland University Law Reviewcontinues to grow in its reputation as a rigorous academic journalshowcasing the best undergraduate work, and as the focus for asignificant alumni network. As a testament to the strength of the AULR,Alix Boberg’s article in the 2010 journal on the potential criminalisationof cartels was cited in the High Court case of the CommerceCommission v Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Ltd.This year’s journal features ten articles, selected from a pool of over70 Honours dissertations, seminar papers and research papers. Thesearticles cover a range of complex and controversial legal subjects,including an historical analysis of slander against women in the 19thcentury, an account of the increase in incarceration in New Zealandbetween 1999 and 2009, and of the unusual nature of tax treaties withtax havens.Earlier this year in May, the AULR also presented the inauguralAULR Honours Symposium, showcasing some of the best presentationsfrom the 2010 Honours seminars. This Symposium was an opportunityto celebrate the AULR’s connection with the Honours programme: thejournal was established in 1967 to promote Honour students’ work, aninitiative driven by then students Alan Galbraith (now Alan GalbraithQC) and John Priestley (now Justice Priestley of the High Court) andsupported by the then Dean of the Law School, Jack Northey.Building on the success of the previous year’s inaugural Contributors’Symposium, the AULR held a second Symposium in October 2011.Justice Robert Chambers of the Court of Appeal chaired a paneldiscussion on access to justice, featuring three distinguished AULRalumni: Judge Andrew Becroft, Principal Youth Court Judge; John KatzQC, Barrister, Bankside Chambers and Professor Margaret Wilson.David Williams QC, Barrister, Bankside Chambers, has also prepared apaper, which will be published along with the three papers presented atthe Symposium in the 2012 volume of the Review. The Symposium wasattended by the Chief Justice, Dame Sian Elias (also an AULR alumnus)and was followed by the annual AULR Alumni Dinner, where the HonJohn Tamihere (a recipient of the AULR Writing Prize and a formerCabinet minister) addressed guests at the Northern Club. AULR alumniinterested in attending next year’s symposium and dinner are invited toget in touch.Elizabeth Chan (Co-Editor in Chief)(L to R) Dr Michael Littlewood; Elizabeth Chan; Dr Andrew Stockley; Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias; Principal Youth Court JudgeAndrew Becroft; Professor Margaret Wilson (University of Waikato); Benedict Tompkins; John Katz QC. Photo: Allison Tang.EDEN CRESCENT 201129
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