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Media Release: NZCCL opposes National's planned social media ban for the under 16s: nzccl.org.nz/media-releas...

Media Release: NZCCL opposes social media ban for the under 16s

The New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties opposes the National Party’s bill to ban social media sites for people under the age of 16.

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Media Release: NZCCL opposes National's planned social media ban for the under 16s: nzccl.org.nz/media-releas...

Media Release: NZCCL opposes social media ban for the under 16s

The New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties opposes the National Party’s bill to ban social media sites for people under the age of 16.

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Reading the Transparency International Green Paper on "Reforming the #OIA". Successive govts have simply given up on this, so civil society is going to propose some stuff instead.

Very disappointed to see the govt proposing a ban on under-16s using social media. While we agree there is work to be done, a ban is the wrong approach and interferes with young people's rights to communicate with family, each other, and the wider world. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Watch live: Govt pushes ahead with social media ban for under-16s

The government is pressing ahead with its ban on social media for under-16 year olds, with the legislation set to be introduced on Monday.

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Blogger Martyn Bradbury says he has been hit by court action over four posts and he can't even report who brought the case against him. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

Prominent blogger facing court action, says he is ‘prepared to go to prison’ for free speech

Martyn Bradbury says he cannot reveal who was behind the court action, why it was being done, and what had been censored.

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An actually good part of the NZ Government response to the Royal Commission reports on the pandemic: going further on proactive release of official advice. This was a real issue when @nzccl.org.nz was responding to the vaccine certificate proposals: nzccl.org.nz/what-the-roy... #opengov #nzpol

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If NZ is hit with another pandemic, the Government has promised to release key advice behind any major decision affecting people's individual rights within five working days.

High Court finds gang patch ban inconsistent with NZ Bill of Rights: www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Gang patch ban inconsistent with Bill of Rights, High Court finds

A new court decision could send the gang patch ban back to the government for review following a High Court ruling that a Wellington man's conviction for displaying gang insignia contravenes the Bill ...

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Some improvements in the reported back Policing Amendment Bill trying to make it clear that it's not really meant to give the Police carte blanche to do whatever they want, even if that's what the badly written law says: www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/governm...

NZ lobby group PILLAR has come up with a Digital Bill of Rights and it's worth a look: www.nzpillar.com/digital-free...

The Keith Locke Memorial Debate, that hate speech is a threat to freedom of speech, is tonight at 7pm with NZCCL chair Thomas Beagle speaking on the affirmative. Get the link to the livestream here: keithlocke.org.nz

Submission against the Summary Offences (Move-on Orders) Amendment Bill - people have a right to be in public spaces. nzccl.org.nz/submission-s...

Submission: Summary Offences (Move-on Orders) Amendment Bill

The Council strongly opposes this move-on orders bill. This bill limits seven BORA rights, property rights, our right to be healthy, and interferes with the proper functioning of government. Against t...

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Our submission against the Legislation (Definition of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill. The bill has no clear benefits and seems to be an attempt to encourage discrimination against trans-gender and non-binary people. nzccl.org.nz/submission-l...

Submission: Legislation (Definition of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill

This bill adds definitions of man, woman, male, and female to the Legislation Act 2019. These definitions are reductionist and based on a simplistic view of both human nature and biology.

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Our submission against the Legislation (Definition of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill. The bill has no clear benefits and seems to be an attempt to encourage discrimination against trans-gender and non-binary people. nzccl.org.nz/submission-l...

Submission: Legislation (Definition of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill

This bill adds definitions of man, woman, male, and female to the Legislation Act 2019. These definitions are reductionist and based on a simplistic view of both human nature and biology.

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Want to learn about the academic view of civil disobedience and how that breaks down in a colonial society? Watch this webinar from the NZCCL/VUW Law essay prize winner Jessica Ye: nzccl.org.nz/essay-prize-...

Essay prize webinar now online

Thanks to our NZCCL/VUW Law essay prize winner Jessica Ye for taking the time to present her essay and answer questions in our webinar. This was recorded and is now available online.

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Want to learn about the academic view of civil disobedience and how that breaks down in a colonial society? Watch this webinar from the NZCCL/VUW Law essay prize winner Jessica Ye: nzccl.org.nz/essay-prize-...

Essay prize webinar now online

Thanks to our NZCCL/VUW Law essay prize winner Jessica Ye for taking the time to present her essay and answer questions in our webinar. This was recorded and is now available online.

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This year's Keith Locke Memorial Debate topic is "Do hate speech laws threaten free speech?" and will be on July 2nd in Auckland. keithlocke.org.nz NZCCL Chair Thomas Beagle will be speaking for the affirmative.

Kim Workman provides contect for the Move On bill, writing about the history of vagrancy, homelessness, and related policing in Aotearoa New Zealand. ojs.victoria.ac.nz/pq/article/v...

Just made our oral sub on the Immigration Amendment Bill - we believe people in NZ shouldn't be arrested for not carrying their residency papers at all times. See our written sub here: nzccl.org.nz/submission-i...

Submission: Immigration (Enhanced Risk Management) Amendment Bill

We are opposed to the arrest of people for not carrying proof of their right to live in New Zealand.

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A replacement for the OIA? We all know it needs work, but one researcher has written a complete replacement called the Right to Know law. It's worth a look. nzccl.org.nz/right-to-kno...

Right to Know Act - A replacement for the OIA?

Recently we received an intriguing document from an independent researcher, Russell Opland, where he has given up on the prosect of improving the Official Information Act and has written a complete re...

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Each year since 2023, the Government Chief Digital Officer (GCDO) runs an all-of-government survey asking agencies what their AI use cases are www.digital.govt.nz/standards-an... While the results are summarised, the raw data was released by the DIA this month: www.dia.govt.nz/Official-Inf...

A replacement for the OIA? We all know it needs work, but one researcher has written a complete replacement called the Right to Know law. It's worth a look. nzccl.org.nz/right-to-kno...

Right to Know Act - A replacement for the OIA?

Recently we received an intriguing document from an independent researcher, Russell Opland, where he has given up on the prosect of improving the Official Information Act and has written a complete re...

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See below, @nzccl.org.nz @legallyfeminist.bsky.social Ireland also pausing on simplistic social media bans. h/t @heatherburnstech.bsky.social

Oral submissions on the Policing Amendment Bill today. Submitter after submitter, including the Privacy Commissioner, the Law Society, the Privacy Foundation, and us, stating that the Policing Amendment Bill isn't salvageable and needs to be sent back for a rewrite.

Since NZPT first went public, small changes to the Parliament website have rendered many civic-tech applications useless. I’ve written a blog post about this in order to air my frustrations and concerns, and I’m sharing here in case anyone is curious. #AoNZ #NZPol #NZPT

When the Doors Close Quietly: How a Bot Filter is Undermining Parliamentary Transparency — CJ Sandall

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My note on the Independent Police Conduct Authority’s thematic report proposing a legislative regime regulating protest has been published: “Policing protests: proposed reform of the law governing public protests in Aotearoa New Zealand” [2026] Public Law 198. 🤓 (Reach out if you are interested.)

The @nzccl.org.nz makes a good suggestion in their submission that, amongst other things, a protest-related carve-out could be added.

Tonight! What promises to be an interesting webinar about civil disobedience by Jessica Ye, the winner of the 2025 NZCCL VUW Law essay price tonight at 7:30pm Tuesday 5th May. Details and sign-up here: nzccl.org.nz/5th-may-2026...

5th May 2026 - Webinar: Rupturing the liberal grammar of ‘critical’ civil disobedience theories

Come and hear 2025 NZCCL VUW Law Essay Prize winner Jessica Ye present her essay Rupturing the liberal grammar of ‘critical’ civil disobedience theories: Decolonial refusal of state recognition and af...

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Doing Democracy Better: Ian Walker speaking tour 10-14 May to promote deliberative democracy. Put on by Trust Democracy, details and registration: trustdemocracy.nz/2026/04/doin...

Doing Democracy Better: Iain Walker speaking tour, 10-14 May - Trust Democracy NZ

Iain Walker of Australia’s newDemocracy Foundation tours New Zealand, sharing practical insights on citizens’ assemblies and doing democracy better.

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Reminder: our webinar about civil disobedience by Jessica Ye, the winner of the 2025 NZCCL VUW Law essay price, is coming up at 7:30pm Tuesday 5th May. Details and sign-up here: nzccl.org.nz/5th-may-2026...

5th May 2026 - Webinar: Rupturing the liberal grammar of ‘critical’ civil disobedience theories

Come and hear 2025 NZCCL VUW Law Essay Prize winner Jessica Ye present her essay Rupturing the liberal grammar of ‘critical’ civil disobedience theories: Decolonial refusal of state recognition and af...

nzccl.org.nz