The 2022 LEANZ Essay Competition

$3,000 prize + discretionary $1,500 prize for a commendable runner-up We invite you to submit an academic essay that approaches a contemporary issue using a

“Plugging the gaps in consent: standard form contracts and their failings”. – Nicholas Howell from Auckland University

“Devicive”: Medical Device Regulation and the New Zealand Therapeutic Products Act 2023”. – Hugo Young from Victoria University

The winning essay this year was by James Sinclair titled Should the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Continue their Endeavours to Implement a Central Bank Digital Currency for Retail Application.

The winning entry this year was Nicholas Goldstein for his essay Five-Eyes, Spies, and International Ties: A Common Whistleblowing Regime. Runner up was Connor Browne,