The battle against censorship and the fight for free speech sometimes takes us to our country's highest courts and authorities. I’m Hannah, the Senior In-House Counsel for the Union. I’m here to advis...
There's a common malady suffered by bureaucracies the world over.They wish to save us from ourselves.Sadly, NZ officials are no less prone to exhibiting symptoms of this occupational condition.Observe...
"Free speech is the only truly safe space for minorities"
Friday last week, I finished up on a bit of a high. Defeating DIA’s proposed online regulator was a seriously major win; one that many Kiwis might not know about, but impacts them anyway. And now it's...
A huge victory! Proposed internet regulation abandoned!
We have huge news to share with you! Today, there's been a massive free speech victory. In June last year, we broke the story that the Department of Internal Affairs was planning to release a discussi...
Full of Sound and Fury: The Christchurch Call and Online Extremism
It's easy for a story to get buried beneath the sheer volume of headlines which churn through the relentless modern news cycle. So, you could be forgiven for missing coverage last week of the startlin...
It's graduation week for several universities around the country, and many of the graduates will already have a few months of work under their belts.It's worth considering the ripple effect our academ...
