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Chen Palmer is at the cutting edge of public law – so there’s always lots going on. Here you can find media releases, articles and presentations by us, and examples of our work in the news.

Affco has strikes and lockouts affecting the majority of its workforce, industrial unrest at the Ports of Auckland continues and now rest-home workers are out on strike. Susan Hornsby-Geluk questions whether New Zealand in the midst of an industrial relations crisis, or is this just a sign of the times.

Listen to Mai Chen discuss what the Public Law Toolbox can do for you here.

The recent case of the convicted sex offender assuming multiple identities to work in a number of schools with kids as young as 5 when existing information sharing arrangements should have prevented this from happening, shows the limits of the law.

Lawyer Mai Chen tells Andrew Stone why she wants to help people avoid the courts.

Chen Palmer New Zealand Public and Employment Law Specialists is hiring.

There are some "big ticket" Maori issues hogging the limelight - the Crown's Treaty obligations in the part-privatisation of state assets, the claim lodged with the Waitangi Tribunal concerning ownership of freshwater and geothermal resources, and the Independent Maori Statutory Board seeking greater funding for Maori from the Auckland Council.

Mae Chen explains the latest developments in the Crafar farm sale

Finance Minister Bill English is likely to face protests today when the asset sales consultation processes moves south to the Murihiku marae in Invercargill.

The cost of that pragmatism was weighed by the Supreme Court in Haronga v Waitangi Tribunal (Haronga). The government has changed from red to blue; the assets have changed from forests to power; but the questions for tangata whenua are the same: how can what has been lost be regained? And will the same problem be posed in another twenty-three years’ time?

Listen to Mai Chen and Justice Joe Williams during the first Treaty Debates Lecture titled Treaty Debates Series 2012 - Pathways to teh Future.

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Susan Hornsby-Geluk: Workplace partnership key to productivity

Mai Chen: Public Law Toolbox

Mai Chen in the Herald: Sex offender case shows law's limits

Mai Chen in the Herald: A DIY guide to battling the system

Chen Palmer wants stars!

Mai Chen in the Hearld: Quiet Treaty settlements need bigger spotlight

Mai Chen on Close Up: Crafar Sale on Hold

Asset sales consultation moves south

Jack Oliver-Hood (Supreme Court Blog) Haronga v Waitangi Tribunal: Case Comment

Mai Chen and the Treaty Debates