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University Of Auckland’s Free Speech Policy More Likely To Stifle Conversation: Free Speech Union Submits Feedback
Friday, 28 June 2024, 12:59 pm | Free Speech Union
University of Auckland’s drafted Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom Policy needs fundamental changes if it’s going to achieve the desired goals, says Paul Moon, Co-Chairperson of the Inter-University Council on Academic Freedom (IUCAF). More >>
Free Speech Union Welcomes Expansion Of COVID-19 Inquiry Terms Of Reference And Wider Conversation On Social Cohesion
Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 6:45 pm | Free Speech Union
In an era of growing polarisation and division in our society, our response to COVID-19 has led to even greater fractures. The Free Speech Union called for the COVID-19 Terms of Reference to be expanded and to include, among other issues, the impact ... More >>
Free Speech Victory: Marlborough District Council Accepts Remedies To Avoid Court
Wednesday, 19 June 2024, 7:21 pm | Free Speech Union
The Free Speech Union has pursued numerous cases of this kind, and the case law is clear: Councils cannot discriminate against groups or individuals on the basis of their ideological perspectives. More >>
Free Speech Union UK Founder, Toby Young, To Tour New Zealand With Local Free Speech Union
Tuesday, 4 June 2024, 1:22 pm | Free Speech Union
The Free Speech Union is proud to bring Toby Young, founder and director of the Free Speech Union UK and associate editor of The Spectator to New Zealand this month, says Nathan Seuili, the Free Speech Union’s Events and Outreach Manager. More >>
Auckland University Releases Draft Freedom Of Expression And Academic Freedom Policy
Wednesday, 29 May 2024, 3:40 pm | Free Speech Union
More Work Is Needed To Protect Academic Freedom And Free Speech More >>
NZ First Picks Up Free Speech Union Drafted Legislation As Member’s Bill To Protect Kiwis’ Access To Public Venues
Monday, 27 May 2024, 12:42 pm | Free Speech Union
Our drafted legislation will ensure all Kiwis have access to publicly funded venues, regardless of who they are or their ideological positions. This legislation creates a positive duty for local venues to protect free speech, even when ‘health and ... More >>
Activists Seek To Shut Down Gender-critical Event: Tākina Events Must Uphold Speech Rights
Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 5:59 pm | Free Speech Union
Individuals in Wellington, led by City Councillor Nīkau Wi Neera, are working to use the ‘hecklers veto’ to shut down Inflection Point , a gender-critical event to be held at a Te Papa venue this weekend featuring speakers such as Bob McCoskrie ... More >>
Another Victory For Free Speech: DIA Abandons Proposals For Online Censorship
Friday, 10 May 2024, 11:25 am | Free Speech Union
The Free Speech Union welcomes the decision by the Department of Internal Affairs, and Minister Brooke Van Velden, to abandon proposals to further regulate online speech. More >>
Polling Shows Majority Of Kiwis Support University Funding Being Contingent On Defending Academic Freedom
Thursday, 9 May 2024, 9:42 am | Free Speech Union
Polling commissioned by the Free Speech Union and conducted by Curia Market Research shows that most New Zealanders (53%) support government funding to universities being partially contingent on upholding academic freedom, compared to only 19% who opposed ... More >>
Free Speech Union Launches Professional Membership For Academics To Fight ‘Culture Of Fear’ In Universities
Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 7:21 pm | Free Speech Union
“This is the first of eight professional, industry-specific memberships we’re launching across the next eight months. We want to see Kiwis able to freely express themselves without retribution, no matter their context.” More >>
Free Speech Union Welcomes Ethos’ Policy Guide To Schools Navigating Gender Ideology
Tuesday, 7 May 2024, 4:40 pm | Free Speech Union
A new policy guide for New Zealand schools released by human rights advocacy organisation Ethos includes recommendations for how speech and conscience rights can be upheld when dealing with differing gender ideologies, says Jonathan Ayling, Chief Executive ... More >>
Free Speech Union Proud To Be New Zealand Schools’ Debating Council 2024 Named-sponsor
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 5:04 pm | Free Speech Union
"We are excited to announce our partnership with the New Zealand Schools’ Debating Council (NZSDC). We will support them in presenting their finals debate at Parliament this year at the end of May," says Nick Hanne, the Union’s manager for education ... More >>
Free Speech Union Urges Auckland University To Ensure Speech Rights Are Upheld At Pro-Palestinian Rally
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 4:12 pm | Free Speech Union
In response to a pro-Palestian rally planned by students at Auckland University, the Free Speech Union calls on the Vice-Chancellor to ensure that freedoms of speech and protest are respected and upheld, says Dane Giraud, an Advisory Council member ... More >>
DIA’s Report On Safer Online Platforms Overwhelmingly In Favour Of Free Expression: Submitters ‘No’ To Online Censorship
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 3:01 pm | Free Speech Union
With over 20,000 submissions, this was an overwhelming rejection of these proposals and online censorship, says Jonathan Ayling, Chief Executive of the Free Speech Union. More >>
Free Speech Union To Hold Panel Discussion On Free Speech If Victoria University Doesn’t
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 8:32 pm | Free Speech Union
The Free Speech Union has written to the Council of Victoria University to advise them that they will hold the postponed panel discussion on free speech if the university doesn’t, says Jonathan Ayling, Chief Executive of the Free Speech Union. “As ... More >>
Prominent American Journalist And Author To Tour New Zealand Universities With Free Speech Union
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 12:56 pm | Free Speech Union
Prominent American journalist and author Jonathan Rauch will visit New Zealand with the Free Speech Union next month to discuss the importance of academic freedom, says Jonathan Ayling, Chief Executive of the Free Speech Union. More >>
Personal Grievance Filed Against IRD For Suppressing Employee’s Speech
Monday, 8 April 2024, 2:50 pm | Free Speech Union
The Free Speech Union has supported a member in filing a personal grievance against IRD with the Employment Relations Authority after an employee was threatened with disciplinary action for sharing particular opinions in a social media chat, says ... More >>
Gang Patch Ban Further Erosion Of Kiwis’ Speech Rights: FSU Submits To Justice Select Committee
Thursday, 4 April 2024, 5:20 am | Free Speech Union
Banning gang patches and insignia may be a politically popular decision in some communities, but is a troubling precedent further eroding Kiwis’ freedom of expression. More >>
Over 2,000 Submissions In Just 24 Hours Urge Royal Commission’s COVID-19 Inquiry To Examine Speech Rights
Thursday, 21 March 2024, 10:15 am | Free Speech Union
In 24 hours, over 2,000 Kiwis have submitted feedback using the Free Speech Union’s online tool to ensure the Royal Commission’s expanded terms of reference for the COVID-19 Inquiry includes an examination of speech rights, says Jonathan Ayling, ... More >>
Spurious ‘Heath And Safety’ Claims Lead Rotorua Lakes Council To Cancel Rainbow Storytime; Thugs’ Veto Lives On
Wednesday, 20 March 2024, 8:22 pm | Free Speech Union
Rotorua Lakes Council has either bowed to ‘thugs veto’ and canceled the Rainbow Storytime event which was set to occur tomorrow, or simply acted on contrived threats as an excuse to cancel the event. Either way, this sets a dangerous precedent for ... More >>
