Unreported for nearly a year: media misconduct in Parliament
Inside the Press Gallery: power, silence, and the accountability gap in New Zealand mediaOn the evening of 13 May 2025, Finance Minister Nicola Willis hosted a pre-Budget drinks event in her parliamen...
Five Universities. Hundreds of Conversations. The Dial is Shifting
What if the next generation isn’t just closed off, just unheard? Over the past few weeks, I’ve been on the ground representing the Free Speech Union at O-Weeks across the country and the dial feels li...
A Law Meant to Protect Kids Is Silencing Adults – One MP Has Had Enough
Every so often, Parliament does something sensible about free speech - such as passing legislation in November protecting academic freedom at universities - and this week brings another promising deve...
Rex Landy goes to trial tomorrow. Now, whatever you think of Rex's opinions (salty, offensive, funny or beyond the pale), her case is a live demonstration of the process being the punishment. Rex Lan...
Two Futures: One We’re Winning, One We Need to Fight
Every so often, we get to send you an email about a positive development for free speech in New Zealand. Today is one of those moments. On Wednesday, the University of Auckland adopted a new Freedom o...
Pedophile’s name suppressed and the public in the dark
This week, news broke that a pedophile sentenced to preventative detention has appealed to receive permanent name suppression. We know that this individual is a “former political candidate” and he ple...
