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# Chris Penk reverses visa denial for Candace Owens
- URL: https://goodoil.news/chris-penk-reverses-visa-denial-for-candace-owens/
- Published: 2024-12-13T12:01:17.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-15T02:58:11.000Z
- Description: "Huge win."
- Author: Centrist
- Tags: News

Summarised by [Centrist](http://centrist.nz/?ref=goodoil.news)

**Associate Minister Chris Penk has overturned Immigration NZ’s decision to deny a visa to controversial US commentator Candace Owens.** Immigration NZ had earlier cited Owens’ exclusion from Australia under section 15(1)(f) of the Immigration Act. Penk granted her a visa after considering “the importance of free speech.”

The Free Speech Union celebrated the move as a “huge win” for speech rights, while critics warned Owens might incite anti-Semitism.

[**Read more over at The NZ Herald**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/candace-owens-chris-penk-reverses-immigration-nzs-visa-denial-for-controversial-us-commentator/5P7SCPU7ZZFHHB6GFEZYGZH4PM/?utm%5Fsource=Klaviyo&utm%5Fmedium=email&%5Fkx=7CPPoTJZLMaHJf6o69T1dw.VYfxNg)

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