mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06The New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties is a watchdog for rights and freedoms in New Zealand. The Council works through education and advocacy to promote a rights-based society and prevent the erosion of civil liberties by government or any other parties. It is a voluntary not-for-profit organisation.
Media Release: Move On orders an overreaction. New Zealanders have an inherent right to be in public places. The government’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.
https://nzccl.org.nz/media-release-move-on-orders-an-overreaction/
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/
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/
