Dr Grant Morris is Associate Professor in Law, Victoria University of Wellington. covidplanb.co.nz New Zealand has changed dramatically in response to COVID-19. Fundamental rights and liberties have been curtailed to assist in suppressing the virus. From a legal history perspective, this is similar to what New Zealand experienced
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As I’ve written several times before, I may not agree with Bill Maher about much, but I absolutely respect his integrity. Because, unlike too many so-called ‘liberals’, Maher will always apply his principles with consistency and honesty. Put simply, Maher plays the principle, not the side. Maher trenchantly criticises
As the Wuhan virus swept the world, much attention was drawn to Dean Koontz’s 1981 Novel, The Eyes of Darkness, which focuses on a man-made virus breaking loose from none other than Wuhan. Koontz himself has downplayed his alleged prophetic powers, stating that it was mere happenstance that he
As Britain descends into a dystopian hell-hole not easily distinguishable from Christopher Priest’s bleak 1972 novel, Fugue for a Darkening Island (which beat the more famous Camp of the Saints by a year), every now and then there’s one step forward for every ten goose-steps backwards. An elderly
The Free Speech Coalition Less than 24 hours after celebrating our partial-win for New Zealand media, our worst fears have come true. While ethnic and rural/community newspapers have been spared, the same cannot be said of the magazines the Government has forced to shut up shop. A few hours
David Farrar Free Speech Coalition In a matter of days the Government has reconsidered its definition of “essential media” so that it will now include those publications which meet the following criteria: serves a need for hard to reach rural communities, with reduced connectivity, and/or serves non-English speaking communities,
Free Speech Coalition New Zealand’s political and economic events of the last eight days have been the biggest seen in our lifetime. Among the decisions taken on what businesses can and cannot operate, the Ministry of Culture and Heritage has decided what publications can and cannot publish for the
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In this special live episode, join Free Speech Coalition spokesperson Jordan Williams as he hosts Ani O’Brien of Speak Up 4 Women and Stuff columnist Damien Grant for a debate on all things free speech, from Twitter, transgender politics, abortion clinic ‘safe zones’, pornography, and the ban on the
Flying somewhat, and so far, under the radar following the anniversary of the alleged-murderer Tarrant’s despicable deeds are the proposed follow-up of controls on so-called “hate speech.” They have been subject to considerable speculation in the year since, this despite zero evidence produced or alleged so far that home-grown
The Free Speech Coalition No doubt you saw Andrew Little’s comments about forging ahead with hate speech legislation to get it passed before this year’s general election. He told Stuff.co.nz that “The review of our hate speech laws are in the final stages. I expect there
Lindsay Perigo solopassion.com Here’s a Wokestuff article about the imminence of new hate speech laws. I have said all along that the main object of these laws is to criminalise criticism of Islam. Watch the video in this link, where a “New Zealand citizen” with a barely intelligible
You can read the first part of my review of the 2020 Church & State Summit in Auckland here. The conference is aimed at equipping and encouraging Christians and churches to be more involved in culture and politics. The final speech prior to the dinner break was professor Paul Moon
Press Release: New Conservative According to an article released this week, late Saturday night on the eve of the commemoration of the Christchurch massacre, a firearms licence holder was visited and interrogated by armed police at his home, and segregated from his family when they returned home later. He was
Andrew Little, hand in hand with the Human Rights Commission, has been secretly working on formulating draconian hate speech laws. Proposed hate speech laws for New Zealand are imminent. Justice Minister Andrew Little told Stuff the Government is bringing forward changes around hate speech, but shaping a law had taken
