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Your DNA is only a click away: Home DNA tests and privacy
Te Piringa’s Dr Andelka Phillips’ work cited in New Zealand Privacy Commissioner’s latest blog - at home DNA tests are increasing in popularity, but they pose significant privacy risks and the industry has largely been unregulated to date.
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University alumni and honorary staff recognised in New Year's Honours (13 January 2022)
A total of seven University of Waikato alumni, plus an adjunct professor, have been named in this year’s New Year’s honours.
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A century on from the 1919 influenza inquiry, NZ needs a royal commission into its COVID-19 response (10 December 2021)
The National Party’s recent call for a royal commission of inquiry into New Zealand’s pandemic response may have been part of a wider political strategy, with former leader Judith Collins highly critical of the government’s handling of the Delta outbreak.
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Law alumna helps protect constitutional law (1 December 2021)
The University of Waikato alumnus and Supreme Court Justice of Samoa, Leilani Tuala-Warren, considers her work in protecting constitutional law during the recent Samoan political crisis a highlight.
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