How many armed police officers does it take to arrest an Irish comedian? No, that's not the beginning of a bad joke. But it's precisely the scenario which Graham Linehan (BAFTA winning comedy writer/...
Law Commission’s la Tangata recommendations pose serious risks to free speech
04 September 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE “The Law Commission’s la Tangata Report 150 on reforms to the Human Rights Act (adding gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics to section 21...
The Free Speech Union - with your crucial help - beat back the proposed expansion of hate speech and hate crime laws here in New Zealand. We warned then that any new laws would be used, not so much to...
Graham Linehan arrested for tweets in UK: Alarm bells should ring in NZ
03 September 2025FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEGraham Linehan arrested for tweets in UK: Alarm bells should ring in NZGraham Linehan, who was a guest of the Free Speech Union last year, was arrested by five ar...
Thousands agree ‘hate crime’ laws are simply unworkable: Law Commission releases consultation submissions
01 September 2025FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThousands agree ‘hate crime’ laws are simply unworkable: Law Commission releases consultation submissionsThe Law Commission’s release of submissions on its consul...
