Free Speech Union is fighting for Academic Freedom
Dear Supporter,
There is a worrying trend in universities and research institutions attempting to muzzle the very people whose job it is to ask questions. Some subjects are simply now off-limits. Aca...
Adieu Liberal Education: Bienvenue Post-College Daycare
Academic freedom is defined in s161 of the Education Act as “the freedom of academic staff and students, within the law, to question and test received wisdom, to put forward new ideas and to state con...
Email to Local Councillors calling for them to stand for free speech
Good morning,
History reveals that freedoms taken for granted are freedoms lost.
Given your important work in local government, and the influence you have in your region, I wanted to write to intr...
Free Speech Union Council Position Paper on Covid-19 response measures
Free Speech Union Council Position Paper: Free Speech and COVID-19 Response Restrictions
The New Zealand Free Speech Union is a registered trade union with a mission to fight for, protect, and expan...
“You can’t joke about that”.
This was the response I got from a local commissioner to what remains my dream project — a comedy show based in a South Auckland instant loans company.
The chap was dead...
Dear Supporter,
Welcome to this week's free speech update.
NZME receives over 1000 emails re Speak Up For Women advertisements
More than a thousand of our supporters took the time to write to NZME re...
