Articles from ‘Free Speech Union (New Zealand)’

The Free Speech Union says renewed calls for hate speech laws represent a return to a debate New Zealand has already had and one where the evidence, experience, and the public ultimately rejected censorship as the answer. “Chief Executive Jillaine Heather says there is no denying that words can be cruel, hateful or simply offensive. People can be insulted, humiliated, intimidated, and hurt by what others say. · “But acknowledging that reality…

The Free Speech Union has criticised the decision by New Zealand Police and the Firearms Safety Authority to revoke Brian Tamaki's firearms licence following recent public comments. While reiterating its opposition to those comments, the organisation argues that if criminal laws have been broken, the matter should be determined by the courts rather than through administrative action. The Free Speech Union condemns the actions of the NZ Police…

A peer-reviewed paper by a Māori clinical psychologist has been removed from her profession's journal on the grounds that keeping it accessible could harm Māori. It was not retracted for error, fraud or misconduct, which are ordinarily the only reasons for such an action. The Free Speech Union is calling on the New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists to explain the decision. · The paper was submitted in 2024, peer reviewed, and published…

While the normies are at each other’s throats over the details of a deal they have not read, I’m on cloud nine, because I can see what’s happening. Obama, his co-conspirators, and his handlers, are being hunted. By Clandestine · The uranium is the key that unlocks the door of all doors. The uranium carries an isotopic signature that can be traced to its origin, and will confirm if any other nations or entities supplied Iran with uranium. ·…

The Free Speech Union is warning that the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) is becoming a one-stop shop for identity verification, content regulation, and online access control, despite no law yet having been passed requiring age verification for social media users. DIA Should Not Become New Zealand’s Online Gatekeeper · For Immediate Release · The warning follows comments from Secretary for Internal Affairs Paul James defending the…

The Free Speech Union has welcomed ACT's commitment to stop professional regulators policing the lawful opinions of the people they license, and is calling on every party in Parliament to support the same principle - pointing to new polling that shows strong, cross-party public backing. Professional regulators were set up to ensure consumer protection and competence. Guarding against bad medical practice, dodgy legal advice, dishonesty, and…

A special live Monday Brief: Barbara Boyd and Susan Kokinda on the new 60-day Iran memorandum, Trump's push to force a Ukraine settlement at the G7, and Tulsi Gabbard's biolab disclosures — as the globalist "rules-based order" is forced to sabotage Trump in the open. Featuring: Barbara Boyd, Susan Kokinda, Adam Sturman · In this special Monday LIVE broadcast, Promethean Action discusses the newly signed 60-day memorandum of understanding with…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE · On 5 September last year, Barry Soper stumbled over a departing Green MP’s pronouns on Newstalk ZB. His co-host pulled him up on air within seconds: “You are literally just being a boomer right now.” Later in the segment, Soper described the MP’s successor as “quite a normal fellow”. · Nine months on, the Broadcasting Standards Authority has ruled the segment breached broadcasting standards and ordered NZME to broadcast…

This morning the Children's Commissioner and a cross-sector coalition called on the Government to build an independent online-safety regulator. They are too late to ask. The Government is already building one, and it has not waited for a law. Budget 2026 allocated $30.7 million to the Department of Internal Affairs over four years to "develop policy and possible regulatory options to improve children's online safety, subject to future policy…

The Free Speech Union has backed the Crown's bid to lift the permanent name suppression of a member of a wealthy New Zealand family convicted of possessing and importing more than 11,000 files of child sexual abuse material. He was sentenced in August 2025 to two years and five months' imprisonment, with his name, his family's name, and the family company all permanently suppressed. The High Court heard the Crown's application on 2 June and…