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April 24, 2019 Censorship is the Snake in the Garden

Censorship is the Snake in the Garden

It seems incredible now but there was a time when nearly every New Zealand suburb had a beautiful movie theatre. They could be rather baroque affairs too, with mezzanine levels and carpet on the walls...

April 8, 2019 How Hate Speech Laws Violate Equality

How Hate Speech Laws Violate Equality

Since at least 2017, the New Zealand Human Rights Commission has sought to broaden the definition of hate speech, seeing that existing laws had been "unable to be utilized in respect of religious hate...

April 2, 2019 Opinion: Keeping The Devil Down In The Hole.

Opinion: Keeping The Devil Down In The Hole.

HOW SHOULD New Zealand respond to the Christchurch Mosque Shootings? What should the Government do? A powerful consensus has formed behind the Prime Minister’s call for gun control. Subsequent initiat...

April 1, 2019 Quilliette article - Banning Evil: In the Shadow of Christchurch, Quasi-Religious Myths Can Lead Us Astray

Quilliette article - Banning Evil: In the Shadow of Christchurch, Quasi-Religious Myths Can Lead Us Astray

With permission from Quillette's editors--On March 15, a 28-year old an Australian gunman named Brenton Tarrant allegedly opened fire in two Christchurch, New Zealand mosques, killing 50 and wounding ...

April 1, 2019 Opinion: Far Right impulses drive Left wing censorship

Opinion: Far Right impulses drive Left wing censorship

The anti-speech mob ignore a simple fact; there is incredible diversity within minority groups. Therefore, we must keep society as open and as liberal as possible. The idea that our right to free spee...

December 9, 2018 Opinion: Government should not sign UN Migration Compact

Opinion: Government should not sign UN Migration Compact

Next week, New Zealand is expected to sign the United Nations’ Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. While it is non-binding, the protocol could still damage New Zealanders’ right to...