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Stuff reports that Police in Upper Hutt mistreated two teens (aged 16 and 14) after falsely identifying them and taking … Keep reading “Police brutalise Upper Hutt teens”

The Press has a powerful editorial explaining why the Government's decision to continue suspending democracy at Environment Canterbury is so … Keep reading “Democracy failing in Canterbury”

FLYING BLIND by Roger Brooking

Review by Batch Hales

This authoritative book exposes an ongoing scandal within the New Zealand … Keep reading “Book Review: Flying Blind by Roger Brooking”

In these days of higher unemployment and tougher competition for jobs, a disturbing trend is beginning to emerge in which … Keep reading “Guest blog: what’s wrong with pre-employment credit checks?”

No Right Turn has been documenting the way that Immigration NZ has been deliberately refusing to record reasons for immigration … Keep reading “Complaint made re Immigration NZ’s flouting of the Public Records Act”

The Search & Surveillance Bill has now been passed into law. 

NZCCL committee member Thomas Beagle spoke to Breakfast on … Keep reading “Search and Surveillance Bill Passes”

Tech Liberty confirms that it is legal in New Zealand to photograph or video the police at work.

We wrote

The group opposing the Search & Surveillance Bill have called for a public protest against the government's plans to retrospectively … Keep reading “Wellington protest opposing surveillance law patch-up”

Generally the NZCCL does not advocate censorship. Where possible, we believe, people should be free to make up their … Keep reading “To Train Up a Child”

Video Camera Surveillance (Temporary Measures) Bill

It seems strange that in this society that values so much the rule of … Keep reading “Video Camera Surveillance (Temporary Measures) Bill”

When the government in its efficiency drive gets around to reorganising the Charities Commission, we hope that it will adopt … Keep reading “Defining a charity”

George Barton recently died in Wellington. He was a long time member and supporter of the Council over many years.… Keep reading “Obituary: George Barton”

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”