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NZ Council for Civil Liberties @nzccl.org.nz · 24/09/2026

We've campaigned on strengthening the IPCA (Independent Police Conduct Authority) so it's pleasing to see the bill to replace them with a stronger Inspector General of Police. www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/governm...

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NZ Council for Civil Liberties @nzccl.org.nz · 23/09/2026

Banned book "A Way of Love" by New Zealander James Courage is being reprinted by Lurid Editions. Banned in 1961 on grounds of indecency because of its homosexual content, it is once again available in Aotearoa. We've come a long way. www.lurideditions.com

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Lurid Editions

Lurid Editions publish reprints that refuse to fit in - lurid writing from the twentieth century and beyond. Browse and purchase our books from the Lurid store.

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Civil liberties newsfeed (NZ) @civillibertynznews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If you find the NZCCL newsfeed useful, we'd be very grateful if you'd answer a brief survey about it: www.surveymonkey.com/r/RRCLXXV

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NZCCL civil liberty news feed

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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The NZ Council for Civil Liberties has published a database of secrecy provisions in other laws that override your right to information in the #OIA. Check it out to see which vested interests are protected ! nzccl.org.nz/secrecy/ #nzpol

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Laws that limit the Official Information Act

This is a database of laws that limit the Official Information Act in one way or another. It is current up until mid 2024. You are free to use this information in any way you like. Please send any add...

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Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

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.

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NZ Council for Civil Liberties @nzccl.org.nz · 24/08/2026

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...

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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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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

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

Screenshot of part of the NZ government’s response to the Royal Commission on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which reads:
“Further work to deliver recommendations
Action 2.1: Strengthen transparency requirements for decisions that affect people's rights. Cabinet has agreed that, in a future pandemic, key advice relating to key decisions that affect people's rights will be proactively released within a maximum of five working days of the decision being taken, subject to the existing considerations under the Official Information Act 1982. The Public Service Commission and the Ministry of Justice will develop a Cabinet Office Circular to clarify how this requirement will apply across government, so that decisions affecting people's rights are taken and explained transparently (4B).
Status
Underway
Complete By 30 September 2026”

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NZ Council for Civil Liberties @nzccl.org.nz · 17/07/2026

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...

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NZ Council for Civil Liberties @nzccl.org.nz · 02/07/2026

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

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Home - Keith Locke

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NZ Council for Civil Liberties @nzccl.org.nz · 28/06/2026

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...

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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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NZ Council for Civil Liberties @nzccl.org.nz · 28/06/2026

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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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NZ Council for Civil Liberties @nzccl.org.nz · 20/06/2026

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-...

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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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NZ Council for Civil Liberties @nzccl.org.nz · 20/06/2026

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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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NZ Council for Civil Liberties @nzccl.org.nz · 02/06/2026

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.

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Home - Keith Locke

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NZ Council for Civil Liberties @nzccl.org.nz · 28/05/2026

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...

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Vagrancy, Homelessness and Policing by Consent | Policy Quarterly

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NZ Council for Civil Liberties @nzccl.org.nz · 24/05/2026

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...

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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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NZ Council for Civil Liberties @nzccl.org.nz · 24/05/2026

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...

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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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Marcus @utf9k.net · 23/05/2026

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...

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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

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

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NZ Council for Civil Liberties @nzccl.org.nz · 11/05/2026

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.

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cj sandall @cjs.nz · 10/05/2026

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

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

Post by CJ Sandall

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

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.)

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Dr Dean Knight @drdeanknight.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

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

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NZ Council for Civil Liberties @nzccl.org.nz · 30/04/2026

The Privacy Commissioner says that the "Policing Amendment Bill would create significant risks for the privacy and rights of New Zealanders", he points out that the changes are not justified and not subject to oversight. He says the bill should be rejected. www.privacy.org.nz/tuhono-conne...

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Office of the Privacy Commissioner | Privacy Commissioner does not support Policing Amendment Bill

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NZ Council for Civil Liberties @nzccl.org.nz · 21/04/2026

What does it mean when civil disobedience isn't a message to the political system but a rejection of it? 2025 NZCCL VUW Law essay prize winner Jessica Ye decolonises civil disobedience in the NZCCL webinar, 7:30pm Tuesday 5th May. Details and sign-up here: nzccl.org.nz/5th-may-2026...

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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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NZ Council for Civil Liberties @nzccl.org.nz · 21/04/2026

The Policing Amendment Bill vastly expands Police surveillance powers and enables the use of body cams without any additional oversight. It also allows Police to designate no-go areas nearly anywhere and on the flimsiest of grounds. Read our full submission: nzccl.org.nz/submission-p...

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Submission: Policing Amendment Bill

The Council strongly objects to the Policing Amendment Bill. This bill removes all limits on Police powers to record people’s activities. This bill enables police to break up any gathering, remove peo...

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NZ Council for Civil Liberties @nzccl.org.nz · 21/04/2026

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Submission: Policing Amendment Bill

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NZ Council for Civil Liberties @nzccl.org.nz · 21/04/2026

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

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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

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Graeme Edgeler @graemeedgeler.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Have started a petition to the New Zealand Parliament asking that the Official Information Act be extended to Crown Prosecutors. Crown Prosecutors exercise immense public power and their exclusion from the OIA is a historical anomaly. Signatures welcome! petitions.parliament.nz/b6459024-f98...

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Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.

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NZ Council for Civil Liberties @nzccl.org.nz · 30/03/2026

We hope you've subscribed to our civil liberties news feed! Links to articles relevant to civil liberties in Aotearoa New Zealand: @civillibertynznews.bsky.social

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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Thomas Beagle, chair of @nzccl.org.nz said: "It's expanding surveillance powers for police drastically by allowing them to use any form of recording [of] visual or audio data that they can capture from public or private places without any oversight." www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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Bill to give police new powers to move and detain introduced to Parliament

A bill just introduced to Parliament delivers new powers to police to move or detain someone, but just how far it goes depends who you listen to.

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NZ Council for Civil Liberties @nzccl.org.nz · 25/03/2026

Petition against move-on orders. "That the House of Representatives not pass legislation that would provide Police with the power to issue move-on orders." petitions.parliament.nz/420b82a6-b4c...

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Petitions are addressed to the House of Representatives and ask that the House do something about a policy or law, or put right a local or private concern.

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NZ Council for Civil Liberties @nzccl.org.nz · 22/03/2026

Media release: Papers please! Three govt announcements to further erode our civil liberties and make people prove their right to exist in public: nzccl.org.nz/media-releas...

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Media release: Papers please!

“The majority of New Zealanders should be reeling after the quick succession of announcements by the government this week,” said Thomas Beagle, chair of the New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties (NZ...

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