Newsroom journalist Marc Daalder appears to celebrate and support Cancel Culture. Deplatforming is a truly despicable act that not only silences citizens exercising their legitimate democratic rights, but often also involves slander and extortion of third parties… threats to business reputations and results in the devastation of peoples lives. Tim
Mark Maney nzchristiannetwork.org.nz Mark Maney joined the NZCN team in May 2020. He is passionate about the Gospel, is an exuberant presenter, and is very involved with Thinking Matters. He has pastored churches both in New Zealand and Canada, and has recently become the associate pastor at Massey
Free Speech Union The Free Speech Union lodged a formal complaint yesterday with the Hutt City Council Chief Executive Jo Miller against Hutt City Mayor Campbell Barry in relation to a Facebook post where he suggested that a feminist group – whose political views he does not agree with – is to
Free Speech Union The decision by the Chief of the Defence Force to remove an essay which had been selected as the best written in an essay competition because he didn’t like what it claimed is chilling, and a troubling attack on free speech. Spokesperson for the Free Speech
Well, I’ve gone and done it again: I’ve upset Zuck the Great and Powerful and brought down the ban-hammer. Not on myself: I was perma-banned from Facebook ages ago (and have not missed it one whit, I might add; if anything my life’s been the
Has Tova O’Brien taken on the character of “Lady Macbeth?” Tall dark and menacing and capable of coming in for the kill? Lady Macbeth was the instigator of the machinations behind the demise of King Duncan in Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth”. An interview with Tova O’Brien is like
Defence Minister Peeni Henare is slow to advocate for our troops, but has been quick to criticise one who has political opinions different to his own, National’s Defence spokesperson Chris Penk says. “The Minister of Defence has consistently failed to champion our Defence Force and national security needs. “Minister
Bruce Logan familyfirst.org.nz Bruce Logan is a board member of Family First NZ No matter how the government wants to spin it, hate speech legislation is hateful. It is the tool of the totalitarian who thinks he knows what is best for the rest of us. Hate speech
Dr James McDowall ACT Defence spokesperson The Defence Minister needs to explain whether he’s following the law when he interfered in a staff essay writing competition. “Peeni Henare contacted the Chief of Defence and demanded that an award-winning essay, that he hadn’t even read, be removed from
In the 9th episode of the Right Minds Podcast, Dieuwe de Boer, Origen, and Tare Paurere break down the six “incitement to hatred” proposals from the Ministry of Justice and discuss New Zealand’s transition to an ethno-state. We theorise how both “hate speech” legislation and constitutional changes to
New Zealand Chief of Army Writing Competition Winner of the New Zealand Defence Force Private Writing Category: Can the Army Afford to Go Woke, Benign Social Progress or National Security Threat By Mr N. Dell I write this essay fully aware of the backlash and, at times, real-world consequences
Lindsay Perigo solopassion.com Judith Collins has joined the Free Speech Union. Oddly, she doesn’t mention the fact in her Collins Comments of July 2, but she does say this: The National Party believes that freedom of speech is a fundamental right. We will fight any attempts Jacinda Ardern’
National leader Judith Collins has defended award-winning journalist Rachel Stewart after the NZ Police removed her firearms, licence and ammunition after receiving a complaint because of an allegedly “threatening tweet”. police said they “consider threatening any form of violence against a person and exhibiting any form of hatred, as
Graham Adams Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Graham Adams is a journalist, columnist and reviewer who has written for many of the country’s media outlets including Metro, North & South, Noted, The Spinoff and Newsroom The Prime Minister has seriously miscalculated the popularity of her
