Massive free speech victories, another successful tour, and lots of quality listening for your weekend
What a week! There's a lot to celebrate:
Two huge wins for free speech in NZ...
✅Police withdraw charges from Paul Burns.
✅Police backed down on policing 'hate speech' in response to pressure we put on them together.
One fantastic tour...
✅Three successful events with Prof. Nigel Biggar. (One at Parliament in Wellington, another in Christchurch, and then our AGM today in Auckland.)
✅11 meetings with supporters and universities with Prof. Biggar.
✅13 media interviews and appearances between our team and Prof. Biggar.
You won't want to miss the coverage we've had this week.
Listen to Prof. Biggar speak to Sean Plunket on The Platform, Duncan Garner on ROVA, the team at the New Zealand Initiative, Leighton Smith at NewstalkZB, and Simon O'Connor on Speak Freely.
Look out for a write up by Janet Wilson in Stuff, Emile Donovan's interview on RNZ Nights, the Different Matters podcast with Damien Grant, and Andrew Urquhart's conversation on Rhema.
I also caught up with Paul Brennan on all the fights we've been juggling this week, Sean Plunket and Andrew Urquhart about Oliver Jull, the year 11 school student we're currently defending, and Nick Hanne from our team was referenced in Stuff, too. Phew! 💪
A highlight for me was our event at Parliament. Not only did Prof. Biggar speak to a lively bunch of free speech advocates, we had David Seymour share with us on a panel discussion, and Oliver Jull open the event with his speech that was barred at New Plymouth Boys' High School from the 'podium of truth' itself. 🥳
We had an incredible day yesterday at our annual conference and AGM with over 200 FSU supporters and special guests. We celebrated the year's wins, and looked ahead to next year which is shaping up to be another big one.
Thank you once again for standing with us. I got to chat with many supporters this week, and it always gives me courage to have thousands of individuals believing in our work, chipping in, spreading the word, and championing the cause with us.
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Jonathan Ayling |
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