Free Speech
The Week in Detail: From Posie Parker to processed foods
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The Week in Detail: From Posie Parker to processed foods
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
AudioParker's visit poses plenty of questions
Posie Parker's fleeting visit to New Zealand has put the debate over free speech back in the spotlight. Audio
Parker's visit poses plenty of questions
Posie Parker's fleeting visit to New Zealand has put the debate over free speech back in the spotlight.
AudioUK anti-monarchist arrests prompt free-speech row
The arrests of anti-monarchy protesters after the death of Queen Elizabeth II are "deeply concerning", free-speech campaigners have said.
The not-the-budget bills
The budget wasn’t the only thing at Parliament this week. There was also legislation on surrogacy, free speech, political conflicts of interest, and sexual harassment. Audio
The not-the-budget bills
The budget wasn’t the only thing at Parliament this week. There was also legislation on surrogacy, free speech, political conflicts of interest, and sexual harassment.
AudioRe-Platformed: radio outcasts make their own outlet
Sean Plunket has launched a new news outlet for himself - and other broadcasters edged out of talk radio in recent years. The Platform proudly proclaims it's editorially and financially free from any… Audio
Re-Platformed: radio outcasts make their own outlet
Sean Plunket has launched a new news outlet for himself - and other broadcasters edged out of talk radio in recent years. The Platform proudly proclaims it's editorially and financially free from any…
AudioWhat happens to Twitter now Elon Musk is in charge?
The world's richest man has bought the world's biggest megaphone. What's he going to do with it? Tech expert Mark Pesce tells Kathryn Ryan what we know so far. Video, Audio
Gender self-ID: 'You can change the law'
The media focus at Parliament was on the impact of leadership, but the legislation told a different story – about the impact of the public. That we can each change the law. Audio
Gender self-ID: 'You can change the law'
The media focus at Parliament was on the impact of leadership, but the legislation told a different story – about the impact of the public. That we can each change the law.
AudioChewing on bills: committees enjoy gristle
Parliament’s select committees have an endless menu of work, but seem to especially enjoy work that involves extra chewing. Audio
Chewing on bills: committees enjoy gristle
Parliament’s select committees have an endless menu of work, but seem to especially enjoy work that involves extra chewing.
AudioPolicing political race speech with a posse
Parliament’s Speaker doesn’t want to stifle MPs’ free speech, instead he’s deputising all MPs to call out bigotry when they hear it. Audio
Policing political race speech with a posse
Parliament’s Speaker doesn’t want to stifle MPs’ free speech, instead he’s deputising all MPs to call out bigotry when they hear it.
AudioPeter Singer: freedom of expression and cancel culture
Good ideas - even if they're controversial - deserve to be published, says Australian philosopher and bioethics professor Peter Singer. To this end, he's co-founded an online academic journal where… Audio
Hamilton conspiracy meeting shut down
A conspiracy theorist has had a planned meeting in Hamilton cancelled, after a local venue axed their booking. The Panel speaks to Hamilton City Councillor Dave Macpherson who raised concerns about… Audio
Free speech and Covid-19: Where is the line?
Professor of Law at Waikato University, Alexander Gillespie, joins The Panel to discuss the line between free speech and scare speech amid misinformation about Covid-19. Audio
The philosopher whose thoughts are being cancelled
Is Peter Singer one of the world's most influential philosophers, or an intellectual pariah? Audio
