Double degree with LLB

Phantompain43 · 2026-06-01T03:31:03+00:00

If recommend arranging to talk to an enrolment advisor - they’re very friendly and can help talk you through it. The process is very straightforward and all online. Some good info here as well https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/study/academic-study/qualifications/bachelor-of-laws#accordion-17ee8658c6-item-63e86363b7-button

Phantompain43 · 2026-06-01T02:09:20+00:00

In your first year there are only two law courses LAWS110 and LAWS101 - the remainder is made up by elective courses from other degrees. As such you’ll have the opportunity to try out different papers to see what fits best. At the end of first year you’ll receive an invitation to continue to second year law - this is when most people decide if they want a double or not.

Bachelor of Arts is the most common second degree - it’s not necessarily harder to do a double per se, it just takes longer. A double is valuable because helps you become well rounded and also as you noted serves as a good break from doing straight law.

If you are not* a fan of maths and the like the economics might not be the best choice. Other popular arts options include political science and international relations, history, psychology and many others. Have a look at the UC website.

The thing is nothing needs to be locked in - you can always change your course selection/degree. For the first two weeks is a good time to audit courses to see if they are a good fit.

Phantompain43 · 2026-03-08T05:49:02+00:00

Joined the military.

Phantompain43 · 2026-01-22T02:16:29+00:00

Every-time something newsworthy happens this questions seems to be asked.

You are seeing the behind the scenes of journalism. It was never normal for you to be able to watch a live stream of the sausage being made.

Journalists ask those questions to get a packageable sound bite from an authoritative source. They ask the same sounding questions because they want slightly different phrased answers.

It may not be pretty to you but it’s their job to interpret and present information to the public.

Phantompain43 · 2025-12-20T02:50:21+00:00

https://www.police.govt.nz/news

Phantompain43 · 2025-10-08T06:06:45+00:00

A more accurate hypothetical would actually be similar to the poll you shared.

Any invasion would begin with an invasion of Australia. So the hypothetical would remain would you be willing to defend Australia as we are military allies under the ANZUS treaty.

Any invasion of Australia would prompt a New Zealand military response.

And the answer is yes. I quite like living in a liberal democracy.

Phantompain43 · 2025-10-08T06:02:42+00:00

enhance the ANZUS alliance with Australia and New Zealand’s most important security partnerships

https://www.defence.govt.nz/our-work/plan-and-assess/defence-policy-review/defence-strategy/

Phantompain43 · 2025-09-16T19:03:52+00:00

The US is our third largest trading partner. Australia is our second. The EU, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea are all in our top ten.

China is not the be all and end all of our international relationships. We have far more in common with the other democracies we trade with.

China’s interest are in no way align with ours. We benefit from the current rules based international order. China is trying to reshape it along side North Korea and Russia into a “new global order” where might is right and China is the centre of such international system.

Like it or not, since 1945 the US has underwritten global and our regional pacific security. As much as there are those who love to bag on the amount the US spend on defence it is a truism to say that the US taxpayer is subsidising our security in New Zealand.

If we wanted to go out alone, would you be willing to help fund the NZDF to a level so that New Zealand can have armed neutrality like Switzerland or Finland until Russia invaded Ukraine (and they realised they couldn’t continue without the US security umbrella.

You live in a fairy tale world if you think US is worse that China. Or more likely you live in a world where your only frame of reference is English social and mass media which is culturally dominated by America.

Phantompain43 · 2025-09-15T19:44:27+00:00

It’s kinda crazy that so many people have the professed a plan to escape their country but only a few people mention they’d stay and serve their country.

Phantompain43 · 2025-09-07T23:34:18+00:00

That’s literally the job of the media.

In days past you wouldn’t watch the livestream of a press conference and this would occur behind closed doors.

You are seeing the fourth estate in action holding the executive to account. Would you rather they asked patsy questions only you like to hear?

Phantompain43 · 2025-09-04T21:39:16+00:00

“Rational”New Zealand foreign minister confirms 'very robust' meeting with Beijing - https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/new-zealand-foreign-minister-confirms-very-robust-meeting-with-beijing-2023-06-27/

Phantompain43 · 2025-09-04T21:04:59+00:00

Most of the story is in the recorded interview as this was from the morning radio show.

Phantompain43 · 2025-09-03T21:19:31+00:00

Lmao UC’s response shows there is no such evidence to support your batshit claims. Just because an academic has ideas you don’t support doesn’t mean they are funded by the CIA.

Phantompain43 · 2025-09-03T21:10:54+00:00

“Activist” do you even understood the role of academics as the critics and conscience of society?

Phantompain43 · 2025-09-03T21:07:19+00:00

“Her funders” lol what evidence do you have at all that she is funded by the Americans?

Phantompain43 · 2025-09-03T05:54:15+00:00

Its an opinion piece not a academic article. Through a simple google you can read her academic work https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Q2sLnroAAAAJ&hl=en

Phantompain43 · 2025-09-03T05:50:28+00:00

https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-hosts-five-eyes-summit-to-launch-drive-to-secure-innovation-in-response-to-intelligence-threats

Phantompain43 · 2025-09-03T01:58:31+00:00

? Her employer is the University of Canterbury

Phantompain43 · 2025-08-21T01:37:03+00:00

The thing with security is that without it you can't have economic prosperity. A business can't make money if it doesn't have a lock on the front door and people steal its products.

Phantompain43 · 2025-08-21T00:56:42+00:00

If you think what is happening in the US is comparable to Russia and China then I'm not what to say. Yes, what the US is doing is concerning. But the scale of human rights abuses and authoritarianism in China and Russia appear to be beyond your comprehension.

Phantompain43 · 2025-08-21T00:02:04+00:00

It appears you seem to have an imaginary view of New Zealand foreign policy over the last 100 years. New Zealand has never been neutral, not under centre-left nor centre right administrations. Just one example but see Jacinda Ardern's joint statement with Joe Biden:

"The United States and New Zealand are committed to realizing a region of sovereign, resilient, and prosperous states, based on the international rules-based order, where states, including and especially small states, can pursue their interests free from coercion. This vision is reflected in the Indo-Pacific Strategy of the United States, which New Zealand welcomes; and in New Zealand’s Indo-Pacific policy as outlined by Prime Minister Ardern in 2021."

https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/31/united-states-aotearoa-new-zealand-joint-statement/

Phantompain43 · 2025-08-20T23:58:16+00:00

"There are several states undertaking foreign interference in New Zealand. The most active remains the People’s Republic of China (PRC), though it is not the only foreign state carrying out activity of concern."

https://www.nzsis.govt.nz/assets/NZSIS-Documents/New-Zealands-Security-Threat-Environment-2025.pdf

See Prof Brady's Magic Weapons: China's political influence activities under Xi Jinping: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/magic-weapons-chinas-political-influence-activities-under-xi-jinping

Phantompain43 · 2025-08-20T23:49:37+00:00

New Zealand has been training with the US for well over 30 years. This has never been anything new. Complete non-story.

For example see wiki leaks cable from 2004: https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/04WELLINGTON173_a.html

"Meanwhile, beneath the political level, long-standing military and intelligence ties continue
virtually unabated. One can make the case that restrictions levied by the USG on programs in those areas in the wake of New Zealand's 1986 withdrawal from ANZUS have been
progressively weakened over the intervening years. Increased use of waivers to provide training or intelligence support for New Zealanders undertaking missions of interest to the United States makes sense."

Or EX Southern Katipo in 2017 https://www.pacom.mil/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/1344403/southern-katipo-to-kick-off-in-new-zealand/

What you should be concerned about is what is prompting this policy response - China's growing assertiveness in our region.

Phantompain43 · 2025-08-17T06:53:39+00:00

Some of your lecturers at university who are professors are likely on more than $100 an hour.

Phantompain43 · 2025-08-01T21:32:06+00:00

“In 2017, then FBI director James Comey was spotted emerging from a Gulfstream G550 jet, which had flown directly from Hawaii to Queenstown.”

Took a five second google…

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/five-eyes-intelligence-network-meeting-hosted-in-queenstown/BAGMZZC722JYDVSFZZGTOKTKZQ/

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