Thomas BeagleHmph. Apparently Zoom no longer thinks that the NZ Council for Civil Liberties should qualify for their not-for-profit discount.
I look forward to our profits!
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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: https://nzccl.org.nz/5th-may-2026-webinar-rupturing-the-liberal-grammar-of-critical-civil-disobedience-theories/
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 affirmation of alternative lifeworlds.
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 in the country and on the flimsiest of grounds. It's unacceptable.
Read our full submission: https://nzccl.org.nz/submission-policing-amendment-bill/
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 people from any location, and detain people on suspicion that they might return. The bill is yet anothe
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 in the country and on the flimsiest of grounds. It's unacceptable.
Read our full submission: https://nzccl.org.nz/submission-policing-amendment-bill/
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 people from any location, and detain people on suspicion that they might return. The bill is yet anothe
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: https://nzccl.org.nz/5th-may-2026-webinar-rupturing-the-liberal-grammar-of-critical-civil-disobedience-theories/
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 affirmation of alternative lifeworlds.
Steven Ensslen 
@civillibertynz opposes both the Data and Statistics (Census) and Electoral (District Boundaries) bills, primarily for the same reasons as the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination opposes: data will inevitably decline in quality, especially data about Māori, Pasifika, and other minorities.
After ten pages of technical analysis, we point out the parallels to Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
Submission: Data and Statistics (Census) and Electoral (District Boundaries) Amendment Bills
The Council opposes both bills, primarily for the same reasons as the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination opposes: data will inevitably decline in quality, especially data about Māori, Pasifika, and other minorities.
Pleased to see that the ridiculous anti-protest laws in New South Wales, Australia have been struck down by NSW's top court: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-16/chief-justice-findings-on-nsw-protest-law-reform/106570860
StephenArgh. This seems like a very inappropriate use of LLMs to me. Although it's a tender at this stage, not clear that any implementation exists at this point.
https://www.thepress.co.nz/politics/360978799/ombudsman-warns-humans-need-make-final-call-redactions-made-ai-bot
https://www.thepress.co.nz/politics/360978799/ombudsman-warns-humans-need-make-final-call-redactions-made-ai-bot
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