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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...

September 1, 2021 Free Speech Union Submission on the Conversion Therapy Practices Prohibition Bill

Free Speech Union Submission on the Conversion Therapy Practices Prohibition Bill


August 6, 2021 Record Public Feedback Against Government’s Proposed Anti-speech Laws

Record Public Feedback Against Government’s Proposed Anti-speech Laws

6 August 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE More than 15,000 Kiwis have submitted to the Ministry of Justice against the proposed “hate speech” laws and endorsed Free Speech Union’s submission via its submiss...

August 4, 2021 More Than 10,000 New Zealanders Submit Against Proposed “Hate Speech” Changes

More Than 10,000 New Zealanders Submit Against Proposed “Hate Speech” Changes

4 August 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Kiwi public has responded loud and clear to the Government’s questions raised in the consultation document on proposed hate speech changes: they don’t want the ...

August 3, 2021 Free Speech Union Academic Advisory Council Statement on the Listener Letter

Free Speech Union Academic Advisory Council Statement on the Listener Letter

The Free Speech Union unequivocally supports the free expression of seven distinguished New Zealand academics who recently authored a letter to The Listener, titled, In Defence of Science as well as t...

July 30, 2021 Free Speech and the War over Sex and Gender

Free Speech and the War over Sex and Gender

For the first Speakeasy webinar, we sat down with Kathleen Stock, author and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sussex. Kathleen has been aggressively targeted by the outrage mob for her ins...