University of Otago mooting team members Campbell Kidd and Abby Bowmar after winning the New Zealand Bell Gully Open Mooting Competition, in Auckland. While it may seem excessive, the duo have taken on two researchers — Oliver Thorns and Flynn Struckmann — with the primary focus of helping them to strengthen their debates for the international competition. However, the moot for the international court would be more challenging, so she and Mr Kidd would spend much of their holidays with their researchers preparing for it. The topic of the moot involved international law and their submissions would be heard in the mock International Court of Justice, she said. "The moot concerns human rights, the rights of indigenous people and some criminal law as well.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 29, 2025 15:37 UTC