Exhibition Two, Season Four: 10 May – 6 June 2025
Artist: Layne Waerea
Submissions: These intermittent postings respond to recent legal action in our domestic environment in Aotearoa. These include changes to pay equity laws made under urgency and secrecy, and the enforcement of consumer protection laws.
Submission: NEIMBY
“No equity in my back yard”
When the cost of fairly valuing women’s work is not a legal or moral obligation, but a financial burden to be avoided.
Equal Pay Amendment Act 2025
Submission: Brown onion hack
A response to the recent charges filed against Woolworths NZ for inaccurate pricing and misleading specials
Fair Trading Act 1986
Submission: A question of privilege
“The Privileges Committee sought advice on possible penalties while preparing its recommendations. Dr Parmar asked if this could include a range of examples, including imprisonment, to “help put any proposed penalty in context”.
Consideration of the Report of the Privileges Committee into the performance of the haka, by three members of Te Pāti Māori in Parliament and in opposition to the proposed Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill 2024.
Submission: Regulatory Standard’s Bill 2025
The RSB proposes far-reaching neoliberal reform in line with ACT Party ideology. Its objective is to bind governments forever to the neoliberal logic of economic freedom (Jane Kelsey, 2024).
Layne Waerea is an artist and educator interested in site-specific, socio-legal performance, video and photography.