The Panel with Mai Chen and Allan Blackman (Part 2)
Published on RadioNZ From The Panel, 4:05 pm on 22 April 2020 The Auditor-General is going to review the distribution of PPE, including masks to healthcare workers. Dr Elizabeth Fenton, a public health ethics and resource prioritisation lecturer at Otago University’s school […]
The Panel with Mai Chen and Allan Blackman (Part 1)
Published on RadioNZ From The Panel, 4:03 pm on 22 April 2020 Police Association President Chris Cahill talks about officers charging nearly 4,000 people with lock down breaches and how more people are out closer to the end of alert level four. […]
Linda Clark and Mai Chen on NZ’s Covid-19 response
Published on RadioNZ From Sunday Morning, 8.41am on 26 April 2020 New Zealand will exit the Covid-19 Alert 4 lockdown period late on Monday night, and we will wake to a slightly different world on Tuesday under Alert Level 3 rules […]
BEHIND THE MASK – Superdiversity Institute hosts Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon to discuss increase in racism and discrimination during COVID-19 pandemic
On 24 April 2020, Mai Chen, Chair of the Superdiversity Institute and Race Relations Commission spoke at a session with nearly 300 attendees registered on how to decrease the sharp rise of racism and discrimination against people who look like […]
Behind the Mask – a poem by Dr Renee Liang
Dr Renee Liang, an NZAL Established Leader, has written a poem on how behind the mask we are all the same:
Professor Mindy Chen-Wishart presents seminar on the Impact of Radical Change of Circumstances on Contracts
Professor Mindy Chen-Wishart has presented a seminar on the Impact of Radical Change of Circumstances on Contracts, which is particularly relevant in the COVID-19 context. Professor Chen-Wishart is a Professor of the Law of Contract and the Dean Elect of […]
Judges recommend changes to help Chinese litigants
As reported in NZ Herald Research into challenges faced by growing numbers of Chinese litigants has seen judges recommend minimum standards for interpreters and changes to court processes. Mai Chen’s Superdiversity Institute launched a study into cultural and linguistically diverse […]
Crisis facing courts as Chinese people seek justice in NZ
Featured in RNZ New Zealand’s rapid transition to a multicultural society is causing problems for our judicial and legal systems. That’s the conclusion of a new report from the Superdiversity Institute for Law, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Parties in the Courts: […]
Ground breaking report into Superdiverse parties in courts
The Superdiversity Institute for Law, Policy and Business is releasing its latest report today on Culturally, ethnically and linguistically diverse parties in the Courts: A Chinese case study. The Report’s author, Mai Chen, Chair of the Superdiversity Institute said “Superdiversity is […]
Putting a Superdiversity Framework on health and safety and injury prevention
The Superdiversity Institute for Law, Policy and Business has applied a Superdiversity Framework to health and safety and injury prevention in New Zealand in their latest research report, National Culture and its Impact on Workplace Health and Safety and Injury […]