Timothy K Kuhner

Guest writer

Timothy K Kuhner is an associate professor in the Faculty of Law at Auckland University. His teaching and research focus on comparative constitutional law, corruption, political finance, and law & society. He is the author of Capitalism v. Democracy: Money in Politics and the Free Market Constitution (Stanford University Press, 2014).

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What do the changes to electoral law mean for New Zealand’s democracy?

The new rules represent small but meaningful steps to correct a system that had spun out of control – but will the government have the courage and the strength to go the distance?

By Timothy K Kuhner | 28th June, 2022

The cockroach of the globe, New Zealand. Photo: Getty Images

Reputation vs reality: how vulnerable is New Zealand to systemic corruption?

I have reason to believe that New Zealand's reputation for being corruption-free and its sense of well-being don’t fully align with reality, writes Timothy K Kuhner.

By Timothy K Kuhner | 6th March, 2020