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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

That submission deserves a picture of a greyhound. 🐕

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Quick re-fuel. ☕️ And joined by Serge for the obligatory selfie. 📸

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

For the trainspotters, here is section 19 and we’re now deep in the text. 👀

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This function has now been recognised in law, through duties arising from such declarations.

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Central question is whether the omission of sexual orientation from the hate speech protections in section 61 of the Human Act 1993 breaches the Bill of Rights Act and whether a declaration of legislative inconsistency.

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hoban v Attorney-General #livetweets to follow here. www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/streaming/vi...

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Folk may wish to note that the vetting of legislation for compliance with te Tiriti / the Treaty (and justification if not) is already hard-wired into the Cabinet processes for law-making, along with other higher-order norms etc.

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Nonsense. In this context, the tribunal’s claims are only recommendatory. In other words, it is up to the Crown and Parliament (rightly or wrongly) whether it heeds the advice of the tribunal or not.

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Act/NZF manifesto proposals to abolish the Waitangi Tribunal or end its contemporary claims jurisdiction are concerning for a number of reasons. Esp troubling is the claim (here eg from NZF) that the tribunal is interfering in the law-making process in an undemocratic way.

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Pleased to see policy here addressing scourge of urgency etc -- esp post-enactment scrutiny for expedited laws, which I've been promoting for a while. While I'm supportive of an elevated threshold for urgency, I'm disappointed 100-day plan policies are exempted. www.labour.org.nz/news/speech-...

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And, with that, Parliament is dissolved. #❤️democracy

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

From Upston earlier today. Has anyone fact checked and filled in the gaps?

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

👀 selectcommittees.parliament.nz/v/6/4e5a7157...

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

On why that’s no comfort, see the IPCA’s findings re breach of peace and protest. www.ipca.govt.nz/download/168...

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The point was well made by the Council for Civil Liberties in their submission.

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s meant to be about address antisocial road use — but the legislation is so broad that it could be used to shut down protests in public places etc.

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Saturday afternoon in Parliament and legislation is being passed under urgency that has the potential to adversely affect our protest rights.

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Our final substantive session with our Hons folk in public law @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social — a writing workshop. 3min thesis style presentations, based on their second full draft papers, and then a Q&A on worries and queries relating to style, editing and story-telling etc. 🤓

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Curious about this FENZ brouhaha and minister’s loss of confidence in CE for failing to alert her to a serious matter. Yet, given FENZ is a Crown agent, the primary accountability is between the minister and the board? It all looks messy. But I can’t see how no surprises applies to CE—minister?

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

PS I’m delaying the just released new series of Slow Horses for this… 🤦🏼‍♂️

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A cheeky sweet wine as a treat, as I watch the ugly bill pass through the Committee of the Whole. 🍷

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A night on the couch watching the Committee of the Whole debate on the Local Government (System Improvements) Amendment Bill. #needwinenotpopcorn

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It is a disgrace that this fundamental change to local government governance is to be made without select committee scrutiny and public submissions, especially as it’s a quasi-constitutional change. www.beehive.govt.nz/release/more...

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Also, this is also an especially ugly exemption by Order-in-Council power, particularly as it is almost entirely discretionary. I'm sure the Regs Review committee would have had something to say about this clause if this amendment had made through regular parliamentary processes.

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I think (but need to double check) that this table from the RIS is a fair summary of the changes.

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

PS 👀 www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/governm...

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

👀 www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/governm...

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Beware the false prophets — trying to whip up a fictional constitutional crisis. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/why...

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🍿 Anna Adams KC, Solicitor-General, “Black Letter Law: The Orthodox Methodology of the Crown” www.crownlaw.govt.nz/assets/Uploa...

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Golly gosh. I didn’t realise the Deloitte was standing for election at the next triennial election? 🤔

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Last chance, folks, to sign up to this LLM/professsional development course; our classes kick off on Tuesday evening. 🤓 www.wgtn.ac.nz/courses/laws...

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

And our final and closing plenary looks at new directions in constitutionalism.

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

After a couple of sessions of parallel panels, we gather again for another plenary session — judges in a moderated conversation on judging in an age of distrust.

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

(selected) #rantsandreckons 🤓 www.capitalletter.co.nz/news/parliam...

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