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October 21, 2021 Free Speech Union Council Position Paper on Covid-19 response measures

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 expand ...

October 19, 2021 Why comedy is so often in the crosshairs

Why comedy is so often in the crosshairs

“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 wro...

September 22, 2021 Free Speech Union Newsletter

Free Speech Union Newsletter

Dear Supporter,Welcome to this week's free speech update.NZME receives over 1000 emails re Speak Up For Women advertisementsMore than a thousand of our supporters took the time to write to NZME regard...

September 4, 2021 “Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.” — Mahatma Gandhi

“Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.” — Mahatma Gandhi

Two years ago in Christchurch, New Zealand was subjected to an horrific act of extreme violence, in the name of ideology. Yesterday, another terrorist attack was carried out, this time in Auckland. Bo...

September 1, 2021 Mr Hunt, you don’t speak for me

Mr Hunt, you don’t speak for me

Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt’s op-ed yesterday defending the government's proposed hate speech laws is thoroughly predictable after a month of terrible comms that failed to convince New Z...

September 1, 2021 Free Speech Union Conversion Therapy Submission Explained

Free Speech Union Conversion Therapy Submission Explained

The introduction of the Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill (CPP Bill) to Parliament by Minister for Justice Kris Faafoi was a long-awaited win for many Kiwis in the Rainbow Community, and wider. Fo...