New Zealand Law Foundation news stories

Cloud
Cryptocurrency conundrum: Reserve Bank & IR fumble in the dark
Whether it's cryptocurrency salaries or a central digital currency, no agency is quite sure how to tackle this upcoming payment trend.

New Zealand Law Foundation
Deepfakes the 'next wave of concern' - but can law really stomp it out?
Enforcing the existing law will be difficult enough, and it is not clear that any new law would be able to do better. Overseas attempts to draft law for deepfakes have been seriously criticised.

Blockchain
All aboard the blockchain train: Academic says NZ needs to catch up fast
Cryptocurrencies are here to stay, but New Zealand is not as innovative and agile as we like to think.

Artificial Intelligence
New study to delve into the murky world of AI’s effects on law, ethics and morality
Artificial intelligence (AI) is slowly working its way into New Zealand but what that means for our laws and policies is still a great unknown.

Amy Adams
New $2 million fund to help prepare NZ for digital age
“Technology affects virtually every area of our daily lives, and the pace of change has law-makers and bureaucrats struggling to keep up."