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Lawyer Steven Price writes strongly in defence of freedom of speech in the Dominion Post (also on his blog… Keep reading “Why flag burning counts as freedom of speech”

Prior to 16 December 2010 prisoners who had been sentenced to preventative detention or imprisoned for a term of 3 … Keep reading “Prisoners and the Right to Vote”

MyFone.mobi is a device that enables people to view both the traffic and the content of texts from other people's … Keep reading “MyFone”

One of the more intriguing inquiries received by NZCCL has been about council requirements for ratepayers to mow their lawns, … Keep reading “Council Requirements for Mown Lawns”

The NZ Council for Civil Liberties is gratified that the High Court has ruled that the law banning gang insignia … Keep reading “Gang Patches in Whanganui”

The New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties is alarmed and dismayed that a bunch of business people can think they … Keep reading “Riff-Raff are people too”

The SIS Amendment Bill has been introduced along with its Regulatory Impact Statement. 

The authors of the Bill describe … Keep reading “SIS Amendment Bill extends powers?”

This is my personal account of the NZCCL AGM and the talk by Andrew Butler that followed. It is not … Keep reading “Personal account of NZCCL AGM and BOR Talk”

Some thoughts on the NZ Bill of Rights Act 1990 at its 20th Anniversary

The New Zealand Bill of Rights … Keep reading “Encouraging conversations about justified limitations on rights”

The government has announced plans to implement the recommendations of the Law Commission to change the laws around name suppression. … Keep reading “Changes to name suppression laws”

A group of constitutional lawyers and law professors have expressed their concerns about the Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act … Keep reading “Constitutional lawyers reject the special powers Earthquake Act”

Andrew Geddis at Pundit has pointed out a serious flaw in the amendments proposed by the Law and Order to … Keep reading “Select Committee make a mistake, recommends giving all current prisoners the vote”

Blogger Cameron Slater has been convicted in the District Court for 9 breaches of name suppression orders. He has been … Keep reading “Blogger convicted for online breach of suppression order”

Parliament has passed the wide-ranging Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act. This allows the government to override a number … Keep reading “Concerns over quake emergency powers law”

Why did Customs copy the address book from a mobile phone owned by the wife of Michael Quinlan, owner of … Keep reading “Customs Gathering Intelligence at the Border”

Moana Jackson has written A Further Primer on the Foreshore and Seabed.

It's an interesting summary of the original … Keep reading “Moana Jackson – A further primer on the foreshore and seabed”

Tech Liberty has posted their submission about the Search and Surveillance Bill. Click the link to read the full details, but … Keep reading “Tech Liberty submission on Search & Surveillance Bill”

Blogger No Right Turn has two useful articles about strengthening the Bill of Rights Act.

The first comments on Green … Keep reading “Strengthening the Bill of Rights Act”

The Official Information Act is an important facet of New Zealand's democracy. By making all government information available on request, unless … Keep reading “Official Information Act Performance”

A brief account of the public lectures from Sir Kenneth Keith and Rayhan Langdana on the occasion of the 20th … Keep reading “A Brief Report – Celebrating 20 Years of the Bill of Rights”