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Te Puna Haumaru Seminar Series
Catch up on past instalments of the Te Puna Haumaru Seminar Series where you can hear from our expert guests on understanding and preventing crime.
News
20 Nov 2024
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7 Nov 2024
Dr Lisa Tompson and Dr Pounamu Jade Aikman have successfully obtained funding from the Marsden Fund, administered by the Royal Society Te Apārangi. With Dr Apriel Jolliffe Simpson and Professor Devon Polaschek, our researchers will examine crime causation with an Indigenous approach, focusing on rangatahi tāne Māori (young Māori men) affected by crime. They will use the Māori health framework Te Whare Tapa Whā to identify ways of reducing harm within our communities.
12 Oct 2024
Dr Apriel Jolliffe Simpson explains to Stuff how fugitive Tom Phillips isolating his children, may have implications for their ability to reintegrate into society later on.
12 Jun 2024
The "collapse of the international order?". Dr Reuben Steff shares his reflections from the 37th Asia-Pacific Roundtable and many sideline discussions for the Asia Media Centre.
11 Apr 2024
The New Zealand Herald runs A response to Helen Clark's criticism of New Zealand foreign policy by Dr Reuben Steff.
5 Apr 2024
What is the social contagion effect and what does it have to do with ramraids? Dr Lisa Tompson speaks with the Waikato Times on ramraid figures and other modes of anti-social behaviour.
31 Mar 2024
An organisation established to critique police investigations, has begun using police to train its staff. Dr Andrew Evelo provides alternative solutions to The Post as the Criminal Cases Review Commission is accused of "Blurring Lines".
13 Feb 2024
Are harsher penalties required for youth feeling crimes? Dr Armon Tamatea provides insight to the NZ Herald on working in youth prisons and the unintentional harm they may cause.
7 Feb 2024
Professor Devon Polaschek spoke with RNZ News about Intervention and Support Units within New Zealand prisons. ISUs often necessary if a prisoner was suicidal.
1 Nov 2023
Security and Crime Wānanga led by Dr Apriel Jolliffe Simpson in November with the Security, Crime and Intelligence Innovation Institute at Cardiff University featured in The University of Waikato's latest Sustainability report.
4 Oct 2023
Dr Reuben Steff wrote about strategic competition in the South Pacific and its implications for New Zealand.
While China’s activities are concerning, it should be made clear to Beijing that NZ’s and others’ responses in the security sphere are dependent on China’s approach to the region. Read more.
3 Oct 2023
Dr Armon Tamatea consulted for part one of a three part analysis on political parties' law and order policies.
Relentless reports complete with daily footage of stolen cars being driven through shop fronts and brazen smash and grabs on vape stores, jewellers and dairies, youth crime became an issue politicians could not ignore. So what did policy makers come up with and what do the experts say.
11 Sep 2023
Dr Armon Tamatea explains how the high-stress experience of being on remand can unsettle people in prison.
The increasing use of handcuffs on prisoners is being blamed on the remand population, which Corrections says is more violent than sentenced prisoners. Inmates are more likely to be handcuffed now than five years ago when the prison population was higher, according to figures from Corrections.
13 Aug 2023
Dr Vimal Kumar discussed common cybersecurity threats affecting the day-to-day lives of New Zealanders.
Non-existent product scams, sextortion and phishing. These are among the top categories of digital harm reported to Netsafe as the online safety charity records its “busiest ever” quarter.
27 Jul 2023
Dr Reuben Steff discusses ties between New Zealand and China.
13 Jul 2023
Dr Paul Brown is using his Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment Science Whitinga Fellowship to investigate decolonising data and collaborate in positive policing for our communities.
27 Jul 2023
Dr Reuben Steff proposes 3 solutions to New Zealands's slow-motion 'polycrisis'.
29 May 2023
Dr Sophie Curtis-Ham awarded The University of Waikato 2022 Koko Kairangi Award for Best Doctoral Thesis for her research on geographic profiling for investigative police work.
18 May 2023
Dr Reuben Steff explains why New Zealand needs to bolster its deterrence and defence capabilities.
1 May 2023
Dr Reuben Steff explains why Australia should care about New Zealand's engagement with AUKUS Pillar II.
19 Apr 2023
Dr Armon Tamatea discusses the causes of prison violence and outlines the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment-funded project he is leading, which aims to improve the safety and wellbeing of people who reside and work in prison settings.
18 April 2023
Dr Te Taka Keegan explains concerns about Māori data sovereignty and New Zealand signing up to the Budapest Convention.