Some years ago we wrote about the restrictions that are placed on academics in New Zealand that effectively shut down debate and are a form of censorship. The reason for putting New Zealand’s academics under state control is that they have the potential to be politically embarrassing. More recently, it has emerged that academics…
A satirical music video (above, the original was banned, HT to Mr H for sending us a link to a replacement video) depicting John Key strumming on a Maui dolphin against a backdrop of oil rigs is likely to be completely withdrawn in New Zealand. It has just been banned from radio stations. Planet Key…
25 July 2010 (scroll down for updates & keep checking back) Remember how the Palmerston North Wikipedia page was censored to remove references to crime because it was making overseas investors and professionals shy away from moving to the town?; and of how gangs are now euphemistically called “groups” in some news reports?; and how…
A new piece of legislation slipped through, under urgency, into the statute books last month (just in time for the Auckland elections in a few months?)- the Policing (Involvement in Local Authority Elections) Amendment Bill removed restrictions on serving police in New Zealand standing for local body elections. Now, if they are elected to local…
(for ongoing updates to this story click HERE) Remember how the Palmerston North Wikipedia page was censored to remove references to crime because it was making overseas investors and professionals shy away from moving to the town?; and of how gangs are now euphemistically called “groups” in some news reports?; and how no police statistics…
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