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April 4, 2022 A bob both ways: commercial argument for free speech

A bob both ways: commercial argument for free speech

The Free Speech Union weighs in on debate about gender critical ad. Today’s column by Dita De Boni on the Free Speech Union and NZME unfortunately illustrates the name-calling and guilt-by-ass...

March 28, 2022 Censorship, NZME and transgender issues

Censorship, NZME and transgender issues

NZME refused to run advertisements placed by Speak up For Women because they were "potentially inflammatory, would compromise NZME's reputation and draw it into a debate in which it does not take a vi...

March 26, 2022 Why Robert Nola quit the New Zealand Royal Society

Why Robert Nola quit the New Zealand Royal Society

Notes by Robert Nola just after quitting (March 2022) (1) The reasons have to do with lack of good support by the Royal Society NZ (RS) for important issues concerning science in a free society.(2) Th...

March 21, 2022 Chief Censor Must Not Bow To Political Activism

Chief Censor Must Not Bow To Political Activism

21 March 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Free Speech Union is concerned that the Chief Censor has delayed the screening of The Kashmir Files in New Zealand and may prevent it from screening at all in o...

March 7, 2022 SC 57/2021 Moncrief-Spittle v Regional Facilities Auckland Ltd

SC 57/2021 Moncrief-Spittle v Regional Facilities Auckland Ltd

The Supreme Court heard the appeal from the Court of Appeal’s judgment on Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 February 2022. Jack Hodder QC advanced our case at common law, arguing that before a public body can ...

February 23, 2022 Freedom to protest- reflections of an FSU supporter

Freedom to protest- reflections of an FSU supporter

I’ve struggled with two ideas since Molesworth Street in Wellington was annexed by a group of tent constructing, road-blocking protestors against mandates (and a lot of other things). The right to pro...