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May 14, 2025 Seven issues we're across (and it's only Wednesday)

Seven issues we're across (and it's only Wednesday)

It’s really no wonder why my team is flat out when you look at the number of issues we’re across this week alone: ✅ Appeared in the High Court in Wellington today for the Hutt City Council hearing aft...

May 12, 2025 Now architects have to hold particular views, too?

Now architects have to hold particular views, too?

If all the stories we’ve told you about those who are censored today in New Zealand demonstrates anything, it’s that the fight against those who oppose free speech comes with a human cost. At the mome...

May 9, 2025 Keep calm and carry on speaking

Keep calm and carry on speaking

As commemorations of the 80th anniversary of V.E. Day occur this week, it is worth remembering not only the 46 million lives that were lost, but also how close fascism came to permanently erasing libe...

May 5, 2025 Public Servants Silenced: Only One View Allowed

Public Servants Silenced: Only One View Allowed

Can you picture the scene? It’s not really hard to imagine a ‘training’ session like this, given what we know about the public service in Wellington.  Last week, Free Speech Union supporters employed ...

April 30, 2025 We're taking this fight to the institutions.

We're taking this fight to the institutions.

Today is the last day to make your own submission and ensure they remember that clinical safety should trump ‘cultural safety’ - the term that sounds good at first, but is being used to justify the ce...

April 24, 2025 I didn't want to stand.

I didn't want to stand.

As a supporter of the Free Speech Union, you’ll be accustomed to the messages that populate your inbox from Jonathan Ayling. It wouldn’t have taken you many emails to realise that he’s rather passiona...