Jillain Heather is the CEO of the New Zealand Free Speech Union, she joined me to survey the landscape of civil liberties and discuss the objectives of the Union in the year ahead.
Materials Reference:
FSU website: https://www.fsu.nz/
Jillaine’s commentary: https://plainsight.nz/author/jillaine-heather/
Lucy Rogers: https://www.fsu.nz/blog/woman-arrested-for-peaceful-counter-protest-new-zealands-police-must-protect-right-to-peaceful-protest
Lucy court case: https://www.fsu.nz/blog/free-speech-union-files-suit-against-attorney-general-for-unlawful-arrest-of-peaceful-protestor
Police admit(?) fault: https://www.fsu.nz/blog/we-told-them-so-the-police-admit-we-were-right
Lucy CAMPAIGN: https://www.fsu.nz/blog/ensure-lucy-gets-justice
New demonstrations legislation: https://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2025/0195/latest/d80317e2.html
FSU BSA CAMPAIGN: https://www.fsu.nz/campaign/put-the-bsa-back-in-its-place
BSA legal opinion: https://www.bsa.govt.nz/assets/Dec-2025-Lowndes-Jordan-opinion-on-BSA-jurisdiction-v2.pdf
Law Commission Ia Tangata: https://www.lawcom.govt.nz/our-work/ia-tangata/tab/report
FSU HDCA CAMPAIGN: https://www.fsu.nz/blog/free-speech-union-welcomes-melissa-lees-members-bill-to-reform-the-harmful-digital-communications-act
FSU U16 Ban CAMPAIGN: https://www.fsu.nz/blog/is-this-a-sticking-plaster-solution
Lord Young’s The Daily Sceptic: https://dailysceptic.org/
Celine and the eKaren: https://freespeechunion.au/celine/
Shlomo Kramer on limiting the first amendment: https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/israeli-tech-ceo-calls-us-govt-limit-first-amendment-take-control-social-media-prevent-lies
Zero hedge on the shield of “misinformation” for establishment narratives: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/misinformation-inquisition-how-censorship-shields-approved-narratives-scrutiny
NSW Premiere Chris Minns “stop free speech to defend multiculturalism”: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/23/senior-politician-just-said-quiet-part-out-loud-free-speech/
David Harvey on the NZ blob’s constant reinvention of censorship: https://djhdcj.substack.com/p/safer-online-services-lite
Substack CEO Chris Best on the dangers of the UK Online Safety Act: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/20/substack-online-safety-act/
Inspector Grant Tetzlaff unilaterally inventing hate crimes to enforce: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/512867/auckland-s-karangahape-road-rainbow-crossing-covered-in-white-paint
NZ Police extensive hate crime resources: https://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/publication/hate-motivated-crime-resources
FSU on unlawful training: https://www.fsu.nz/blog/police-commit-to-change-hate-threshold-in-training
FSU on Silent Auditor: https://www.fsu.nz/blog/when-filming-becomes-a-crime-fsu-condemns-arrest-of-silent-auditor-at-auckland-rally
Pillar on Silent Auditor: https://auckland.scoop.co.nz/2025/12/pillar-condemns-arrest-of-silent-auditor-at-meyers-park-rally/
IPCA whitewash of Albert Park and Lucy: https://www.ipca.govt.nz/Site/publications-and-media/2025-media-releases/2025-feb-18-public-protest-policing-review.aspx
Australia X ban: https://www.noticer.news/australia-x-ban-backlash-warning/
UK X ban: https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/01/09/starmer-would-use-any-excuse-to-ban-x/
NZ Blood contamination: https://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/376556-blood-donation-rules-are-changing-in-2026.html
Production security: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/production-security-2026
World Oil reserves: https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/visualizing-all-worlds-oil-reserves-country
Hooten on rules based order: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/economy/nz-must-prepare-for-the-end-of-the-rules-based-era-matthew-hooton/premium/NK4YQ5XP7RHRZNAH524JVRA4XQ/
