Karl du Fresne

Monday, November 21, 2022

Former judge David Harvey on free speech

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I urge followers of this blog to read a recent post by retired District Court judge David Harvey , which has only just come to my attention ...
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Sunday, November 20, 2022

ACT should make abolition of the Human Rights Commission a bottom line

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The Human Rights Commission says it’s “very disappointing” that the government isn’t going ahead with law changes that would curb New Zeala...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Rowan Dean and that Sixty Sixty poster

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I was vaguely aware last week that someone in Australia had caused a stir over a poster for the New Zealand band Six60; something to do with...
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Friday, November 11, 2022

A great free speech conference - but where were the journalists?

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As noted in a blog post earlier this week , I attended the first annual conference of the Free Speech Union at Auckland’s Aotea Centre last ...
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Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Lauren Southern, Stefan Molyneux and the Streisand Effect

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This is a talk I gave last night to the Masterton South Rotary Club. It started with two Canadians named Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux...
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Thursday, November 3, 2022

Spectator Australia's plea to Ardern

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Spectator Australia ’s Flat White website has a scorching piece on New Zealand’s precipitous decline under Ardern and Labour. It’s the most ...
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The pleasure of having one's prejudices confirmed

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I forced myself to watch Web of Chaos , Tuesday night’s state-funded TVNZ documentary that promised “a deep dive into the world of disinform...
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Karl du Fresne
I'm a third-generation New Zealander of Irish, Danish and French descent. I grew up in the farming town of Waipukurau and still consider it my turangawaewae, although I can walk the length of the main street these days and not recognise a single face. I've written books about press freedom ("The Right to Know", 2005), wine ("The New Zealand Wine-Lover's Companion", 2009) and music ("A Road Tour of American Song Titles: From Mendocino to Memphis", 2016). In a past life I edited a daily newspaper called The Dominion. I was in journalism for more than 50 years and like many journalists I know a little bit about a lot of things and probably not enough about anything. I didn't go to university and have never won any awards. I don't call New Zealanders Kiwis, I've never sat through a reality TV show, I'm not on X, Facebook or Instagram, and I haven't written my own Wikipedia entry.The picture accompanying this profile was drawn by my clever grandson Gabriel.
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