Janine Alyth Deaker Hayward (born 1969) is a New Zealand politics academic.
In 1995, Hayward completed her PhD, with her thesis In Search of a Treaty Partner: Who, or What, is 'the Crown'?
[5][6] Hayward's inaugural Professorial lecture was titled Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the Constitution, and our political imagination, and was delivered in November 2017.
[8] In 2018, Hayward gave a public lecture to celebrate 125 years of suffrage in New Zealand.
[11][12][13] Hayward has submitted evidence to numerous pieces of legislation in the select committee phase, including the referendum that was held to decide whether or not New Zealand should change its flag, amongst others.