Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 6, 2024 4:43:15 GMT 12
HUTT CITY COUNCIL CENSORS WORK OF REVERED AND RESPECTED MAORI LEADER
Hutt City Council banned an insert of Sir Apirana Ngata’s ‘Treaty of Waitangi – An Explanation’ from its premises on the basis that it “spread a very particular political viewpoint” and “viewed as spreading misinformation.” We believe this is an illegal breach of free speech, and simply another example of censorship, says Jonathan Ayling, Chief Executive of the Free Speech Union.
“The insert was published in 31 NZME and Stuff newspapers throughout the North Island last year. When the New Zealand Centre for Political Research (NZCPR), who funded the advocacy, asked for an explanation from the Hutt City Council as to why they banned the insert, their response was a poor excuse.....
www.voxy.co.nz/national/hutt-city-council-censors-work-of-revered-and-respected-maori-leader/10762/
FRESH DISDAIN FOR CAPTAIN COOK AS STATUE GETS NEW ACCESSORY
First it was graffiti, then a rather severe nose-job, and now it’s a new hat - a statue of British coloniser Captain James Cook has borne the brunt of a fair amount of disdain in recent weeks.
The statue in Christchurch’s Victoria Square was vandalised twice last month, in what appeared to be politically-motivated attacks.
In the first incident, on February 14 - the anniversary of Cook’s death in Hawaii in 1779 - the statue was tagged with red spray paint. That prompted Christchurch City Council to erect scaffolding to clean off the graffiti and do some maintenance.
The city council has spent between $15,000 and $25,000 repairing the statue.....
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350200687/fresh-disdain-captain-cook-statue-gets-new-accessory
Hutt City Council banned an insert of Sir Apirana Ngata’s ‘Treaty of Waitangi – An Explanation’ from its premises on the basis that it “spread a very particular political viewpoint” and “viewed as spreading misinformation.” We believe this is an illegal breach of free speech, and simply another example of censorship, says Jonathan Ayling, Chief Executive of the Free Speech Union.
“The insert was published in 31 NZME and Stuff newspapers throughout the North Island last year. When the New Zealand Centre for Political Research (NZCPR), who funded the advocacy, asked for an explanation from the Hutt City Council as to why they banned the insert, their response was a poor excuse.....
www.voxy.co.nz/national/hutt-city-council-censors-work-of-revered-and-respected-maori-leader/10762/
FRESH DISDAIN FOR CAPTAIN COOK AS STATUE GETS NEW ACCESSORY
First it was graffiti, then a rather severe nose-job, and now it’s a new hat - a statue of British coloniser Captain James Cook has borne the brunt of a fair amount of disdain in recent weeks.
The statue in Christchurch’s Victoria Square was vandalised twice last month, in what appeared to be politically-motivated attacks.
In the first incident, on February 14 - the anniversary of Cook’s death in Hawaii in 1779 - the statue was tagged with red spray paint. That prompted Christchurch City Council to erect scaffolding to clean off the graffiti and do some maintenance.
The city council has spent between $15,000 and $25,000 repairing the statue.....
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350200687/fresh-disdain-captain-cook-statue-gets-new-accessory