Since at least 2017, the New Zealand Human Rights Commission has sought to broaden the definition of hate speech, seeing that existing laws had been "unable to be utilized in respect of religious hat...
By Chris Trotter -
HOW SHOULD New Zealand respond to the Christchurch Mosque Shootings? What should the Government do? A powerful consensus has formed behind the Prime Minister’s call for gun control....
Quilliette article - Banning Evil: In the Shadow of Christchurch, Quasi-Religious Myths Can Lead Us Astray
With permission from Quillette's editors--
By Michael Shermer, contributor to Quillette and publisher of Skeptic Magazine.
On March 15, a 28-year old an Australian gunman named Brenton Tarrant allege...
Opinion: Far Right impulses drive Left wing censorship
By Dane Giraud -
The anti-speech mob ignore a simple fact; there is incredible diversity within minority groups. Therefore, we must keep society as open and as liberal as possible. The idea that our...
Opinion: Government should not sign UN Migration Compact
Next week, New Zealand is expected to sign the United Nations’ Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. While it is non-binding, the protocol could still damage New Zealanders’ right to...
Here is a good analysis written by the Free Speech Coalition's own David Farrar on Stuart McCutcheon's comments on the principles of free speech in the university environment in New Zealand.
By Da...
