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Email alex.latu@otago.ac.nz
Teaching
Alex currently teaches part of the Property Law course as well as the Media Law elective paper.
Research interests
Alex's research interests lie generally in the areas of media law, legal theory, and law and global governance.
Background
Before joining the Faculty in 2020 Alex practised as a solicitor, litigating media and intellectual property related issues in Sydney, Australia, after completing his LLM at NYU Law on a Fulbright scholarship. Alex was also a Judge's clerk in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of New Zealand, following his undergraduate study in law and politics at Otago University.
Publications
Latu, A. (2025). Pacific Islands review. New Zealand Law Review, (1), 113-149. Journal - Research Article
Latu, A. (2025). Bad reputation and New Zealand's harm threshold in defamation: On Television New Zealand Ltd v Talley's Group Ltd. New Zealand Law Journal, (2), 45-48. Journal - Research Article
Young, S., Latu, A., & Turei, M. (2024). Plural legal matters: Analysing the overlapping legal materiality in four categories of Whakairo Māori. New Zealand Universities Law Review, 31, 313-343. Journal - Research Article
Latu, A. (2024). Compelled disclosures and the 'collateral use prohibition'. New Zealand Law Journal, (8), 270-274. Journal - Research Article
Latu, A. (2023). Restricting collateral use of compelled disclosures: The English and Australian approaches, and implications for New Zealand. Media & Arts Law Review, 25, 196-226. Journal - Research Article