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June 12, 2025 Finally free to speak! A victory for Portia!

Finally free to speak! A victory for Portia!

The District Court decision we've been waiting for is now out... Portia Mao won her court case! 🎉 Portia is absolutely ecstatic and wants you to know that she cannot thank us all enough.  If we had no...

June 12, 2025 Huge victory for free speech: journalist gagged for exposing Chinese Communist Party interference in NZ wins court case

Huge victory for free speech: journalist gagged for exposing Chinese Communist Party interference in NZ wins court case

12 June 2025FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEHuge victory for free speech: journalist gagged for exposing Chinese Communist Party interference in NZ wins court case  Portia Mao, a Kiwi-Chinese journalist who was ...

June 11, 2025 Free Speech Union warns stalking and harassment bill risks abuse, changes make it worse.

Free Speech Union warns stalking and harassment bill risks abuse, changes make it worse.

11 June 2025FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFree Speech Union warns stalking and harassment bill risks abuse, changes make it worseThe Crimes Legislation (Stalking and Harassment) Amendment Bill suffers from the...

June 11, 2025 Academic freedom legislation important step to save universities from themselves

Academic freedom legislation important step to save universities from themselves

11 June 2025FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAcademic freedom legislation important step to save universities from themselves The Inter-University Council on Academic Freedom (IUCAF), a subcommittee of the Free S...

June 11, 2025 Inter-University Council on Academic Freedom Submission to Education and Training Amendment Bill (No 2) 2025

Inter-University Council on Academic Freedom Submission to Education and Training Amendment Bill (No 2) 2025


June 6, 2025 Meeting with Police, Taupo District Council’s new policy, our next tour, and more!

Meeting with Police, Taupo District Council’s new policy, our next tour, and more!

"If it weren’t for the Free Speech Union, where would we be?” This was a comment we received from a supporter, and it’s a question I often ask myself.  As the one on our team who manages donations and...