My heart sinks at the mandating of this harsh and discretionary police power — and one that is ultimately pointless due to a track record of displacement and failure to deal with the underlying causes etc. www.beehive.govt.nz/release/move...

Media Release: Move On orders an overreaction. NZers have an inherent right to be in public places. The govt’s proposed new ‘move on’ law change is an attempt to remove that right for homeless people whose greatest crime is that they have no money and nowhere to sleep. nzccl.org.nz/media-releas...

Admin Review Tribunal supports the Australian Privacy Commissioner's decision banning Bunnings from using facial recognition tech - but on procedural grounds only, they disagree with the underlying decision about privacy. www.oaic.gov.au/news/media-c...

The government's new road-side drug testing regime will unfairly pick-up and fine non-impaired drivers - the science just isn't there. If you want to fight back, join the Roadside Rights Collective at rrc.org.nz

"New technology, including artificial intelligence, increasingly fuels pervasive and seemingly unstoppable intrusive surveillance of workers. Employers’ reach into workers’ private lives has expanded exponentially as a result." Book launch Wed 26 Nov 11:30am in Wgtn. www.wgtn.ac.nz/business/eng...

When organisations like @nzccl.org.nz warn that the law allowing data from congestion charging cameras to be shared with police & intelligence agencies is a surveillance risk to all our civil liberties, it’s not hyperbole.

A Place of Firsts - Trust Democracy's event about citizen assemblies as a way of engaging people in complex policy development based on their experience with the Porirua Assembly. It's on Thurs Dec 4th at 6pm at Lecture Theatre 1, Old Government Buildings, VUW. events.humanitix.com/a-place-of-f...

Pleased to see that the Select Committee has followed our recommendation to make the Valuers Registration Board subject to the Official Information Act and the Ombudsmen Act. selectcommittees.parliament.nz/v/6/50867ff2... Our submission here: nzccl.org.nz/submission-v...

This Wednesday 15 Oct is the launch of Protect Protest. many people have concerns with govt proposals to significantly impact the right to protest, so we recommend finding out more protectprotest.nz The coalition includes @nzccl.org.nz so we thought it was a good time to profile a 1985 NZCCL book.

NZ Govt to change law so #NZpolice can take + keep random photos + use them to profile Māori, particularly young Māori men. Surveillance state indeed! #NZpol Pretty sure @nzccl.org.nz won't be impressed. I #WearAMask for health reasons. 😷⚕️ It helps with #Privacy too www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Launch: Protect Protest Aotearoa. We're joined up with other groups to resist attacks on the right to protest. protectprotest.nz Join the launch event with a screening of Operation 8 at 4:30pm October 15th in Wellington. More details: nzccl.org.nz/launch-prote...

Launch: Protect Protest Aotearoa. We're joined up with other groups to resist attacks on the right to protest. protectprotest.nz Join the launch event with a screening of Operation 8 at 4:30pm October 15th in Wellington. More details: nzccl.org.nz/launch-prote...

Hi there new followers, remember to also subscribe to @civillibertynznews.bsky.social for a regular feed of news relating to civil liberties in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The NZCCL is looking for people to join our exec committee at our AGM in November. While we're particularly looking for people with policy or legal experience, we're interested in anyone who is keen and willing to learn. Contact [email protected] to get started.

The NZCCL is looking for people to join our exec committee at our AGM in November. While we're particularly looking for people with policy or legal experience, we're interested in anyone who is keen and willing to learn. Contact [email protected] to get started.

If it feels like the right to protest is under threat then this event is for you! Come watch Operation 8 and learn about contemporary threats to protest rights. www.facebook.com/share/1DD1UQ...

We've submitted on the Demonstrations Near Residential Premises Bill, we'll have it online soon but if you want the PDF before the 2pm submission cutoff time you can read it here: nzccl.org.nz/wp-content/u...

We're very sad to be farewelling Andrew. He's been a huge asset for the NZCCL with particular strengths in policy analysis and open government. One consolation is that it's good to hear he's going to keep fighting for a better OIA and open government as a whole.

I’m involved in the legislation website work, so this is helpful. Mostly we only heard from devs wanting better data access… hence the API. Open access to legislation matters to us, so please do fill out the survey so we can figure out the best way forward. Thanks! www.surveymonkey.com/r/HH5VLL8

Official online repository of NZ legislation to drop the free standard RSS access as a way to track updates, and replace it with an API that will a) require coding to use, b) require an access key. www.legislation.govt.nz/news.aspx#rs...

Make It 16 are hosting an event in Wellington on Oct 22nd to talk about the future of democracy. Sign up here: makeit16.org.nz/forum

The Council has made a submission to the 2026 Review of Parliament's Standing Orders. We recommend Parliament employ officials to analyse submissions, restrictions on use of urgency, and other measures to strengthen and safeguard our democracy. nzccl.org.nz/submission-r...

The Council has made a submission to the 2026 Review of Parliament's Standing Orders. We recommend Parliament employ officials to analyse submissions, restrictions on use of urgency, and other measures to strengthen and safeguard our democracy. nzccl.org.nz/submission-r...

In case you thought @nzccl.org.nz was being paranoid about ever increasing levels of surveillance, even the Privacy Commissioner says it wouldn’t be permitted in countries we pretend our Privacy Act is on a par with.

A joint letter from multiple NZ organisations pointing out their fears that suggested changes to the Terrorism Suppression Act risk suppressing dissent, advocacy, and humanitarian work: community.scoop.co.nz/2025/09/join...

The Electoral Amendment Bill is dangerous to Aotearoa New Zealand's democracy. • It removes voting rights from prisoners • It removes enrolment 13 days before voting • It bans food, drink & entertainment within 100 m of a polling place MPs should not pass it. nzccl.org.nz/submission-e...

Health NZ demonstrates again why we need penalties in the Official Information Act for the worst cases of unreasonably holding information: www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

A defence of the right of prisoners to vote quotes the Independent Electoral Review "Given the fundamental nature of the right to vote, disenfranchisement should not form part of someone’s punishment": newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/27/w...

The webinars for the NZCCL/VUW Law essay prizes are now online. First is Emily McKechnie with "Overcrowded and Understaffed - Remand in Aotearoa", followed by India Bulman describing how dual Pākehā and Māori legal systems were allowed for in the 1852 Constitution Act: nzccl.org.nz/essay-prize-...

Mary paid for a billboard to publicise the issues with the Privacy Commissioner's report into Foodstuffs' use of facial recognition technology! You can read her post here: nzccl.org.nz/guest-post-s...

Self-governing Māori Legal Districts in Aotearoa? In a law from 1852? What?! Find out more in Tuesday's webinar at 1pm. Details and registration: nzccl.org.nz/5th-august-2...

India did *such* a good job on this project (I supervised, but the initiative and analysis is all hers) and it's *so* interesting. Do you go along on Tuesday at 1 to the webinar if you're free!

Self-governing Māori Legal Districts in Aotearoa? In a law from 1852? What?! Find out more in Tuesday's webinar at 1pm. Details and registration: nzccl.org.nz/5th-august-2...

This is exactly the issue that @nzccl.org.nz has raised about the Congestion Charging Bill: it permits license plate data to be shared with the police and intelligence agencies. Worse, the data collection isn’t limited to license plates: it could include faces too. nzccl.org.nz/submission-l...

Toby Moore defends democracy as the battle to change people's minds, says we don't want tactical disenfranchisement to take hold in New Zealand: newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/01/l...

A guest post on our website delves a little more deeply into the problems with the Foodstuffs facial recognition trial: nzccl.org.nz/guest-post-s...

We all want to protect young people from harm online, but our submission points out that internet regulation is tricky, young people have rights too, and suggests some measures that will protect all of us. nzccl.org.nz/submission-h...

"We have a time in history when democratic institutions are really struggling to maintain their legitimacy and their people's faith in them and I don't understand why at a time like this, we would be making it even more difficult for people to participate in voting."

On NRT: An attack on free and fair elections - norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/07/an-a...

Mick Hall lining them up again, you're missing out if you're not on the subscription list mickhall.substack.com/p/secretive-...

What if NZ had special districts where Māori law applied? You might be surprised to hear that the Constitution Act of 1852 allowed for that and was only repealed in 1986. Find out more by joining our webinar on Tuesday 5th August at 1pm. nzccl.org.nz/5th-august-2...

Read this thread by academic @kylermatthews.bsky.social to put this TSA proposal in context with other anti-protest moves currently under way.

Some comments on the news which has broken this morning on government moves to amend the terrorism suppression act which the government has been doing in consultation with a select group: newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/22/p... not including some obvious civil society actors such as @nzccl.org.nz.

We're worried that the government's secretive changes to the Terrorism Suppression Act will lead to the suppression of freedom of expression as is happening in the UK: newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/22/p...

Webinar at noon today! Come and join us for "Overcrowded and Understaffed - Remand in Aotearoa" presented by the winner of the NZCCL/VUW Law essay prize, Emily McKechnie. Registration here: nzccl.org.nz/16th-july-20...

Webinar: Overcrowded and Understaffed. How we're failing remand prisoners in Aotearoa. The winner of the NZCCL VUW Law essay prize, Emily McKechnie, will be presenting her essay and answering questions at 12pm on Wednesday July 16th. Register and more info: nzccl.org.nz/16th-july-20...

Webinar: Overcrowded and Understaffed - Remand in Aotearoa. The winner of the NZCCL VUW Law essay prize, Emily McKechnie, will be presenting her essay and answering questions at 12pm on July 16th. One week to go! Register and more info: nzccl.org.nz/16th-july-20...

Our oral submission on the Regulatory Standards Bill pointed out that even the GCSB and SIS are opposed to it! (Also has the video of our submission embedded.) mountaintui.substack.com/p/gcsb-and-n...

Totalitarianism is enabled via data-sharing on things as seemingly trivial as congestion-charging CCTV cameras. That’s why @nzccl.org.nz recommends the data-sharing provisions are removed from NZ’s congestion charging bill.