At first blush the censorship of the Christchurch killer's document explaining the attacks may look like a serious intrusion on free speech. But context and content are everything
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The lost Kiwiblog post on Wicked Campers
Making Quality Judgements
A book on the history of the Literary Fund raises broad questions of how our bureaucracy works.
Read MoreMy 2 cents on the Jarrod Gilbert affair ...
A quick note to the NZ Police. You don't own all the information on your computers or in your files - and if academics want to see it, you have to let them do so without imposing conditions. Most of the time, anyway!
Read MoreTo every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven
It is now legal for anyone in New Zealand to get hold of and read a copy of Into the River. This happy ending to a sorry saga demonstrates that it perhaps is time for a change of leadership at the Film and Literature Board of Review.
Caution: contains sweary stuff ... you may need to wash your eyes afterwards.
Read More"Into the River" should not have been banned
The reasons given for imposing an order stopping anyone from being able to access Into the River do not justify it. The order is wrong.
Read MoreWon't someone PLEASE think of the children?
Just how dangerous can a book be? And in order to combat that danger, how far should our expressive freedoms be restrained?
Read MoreI am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD
Does the right to free speech extend to shouting at a woman to take off her burqa in a supermarket? If not, why not?
Read MoreNorway's one-fingered salute to China
The Nobel Peace Prize committee awards this year's prize to a Chinese dissident, and China responds
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday March 24
Google to stop censoring search results in China; American held by North Koreans identified; Obama to meet with Netanyahu; Pakistani and US defense chiefs meet; Britain to expel Israeli diplomat; and more
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