Upcoming Events

Free speech is often taken for granted until it's threatened. We're committed to inspiring, educating, and raising awareness of its importance by equipping Kiwis with the knowledge and tools to defend it. See our past events here.

Free Speech Union Presents: Jonathan Rauch in Auckland

 

The Free Speech Union is excited to announce Jonathan Rauch’s New Zealand tour.

Jonathan Rauch is one of the USA’s most versatile and original writers on government, public policy, and gay marriage, among other subjects. A senior fellow of the Brookings Institution in Washington and contributing writer of The Atlantic, he is the author of eight books and many articles and has received the magazine industry’s two leading prizes — the National Magazine Award (the industry’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize) and the National Headliner Award.

Jonathan is also the author of a memoir, Denial: My 25 Years Without a Soul, and books on Japan and financial-system reform. He has written many articles, on everything from government and public policy to introversion to animal rights, for publications including The Atlantic, National Journal, The New Republic, The Economist, Reason, Harper’s, Fortune, Reader’s Digest, U.S. News & World Report, The New York Times newspaper and magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Post, Slate, Salon, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Public Interest, The Advocate, The Daily, and others. He has appeared as a guest on many radio and television shows, including NBC’s Meet the Press and NPR’s NewsHour.

Jonathan will be hosting a series of academic conversations and speaking at two public meetings hosted by the Free Speech Union. For more information or if you have any questions please contact [email protected]


The Future of our Universities | Education Symposium by New Zealand Initiative

This event is open to academic fraternity hosted by the Free Speech Union and NZI. For more information from the New Zealand Initiative, click here or contact Chelsy at [email protected]


Free Speech Union Presents: Jonathan Rauch in Christchurch

 

The Free Speech Union is excited to announce Jonathan Rauch’s New Zealand tour.

Jonathan Rauch is one of the USA’s most versatile and original writers on government, public policy, and gay marriage, among other subjects. A senior fellow of the Brookings Institution in Washington and contributing writer of The Atlantic, he is the author of eight books and many articles and has received the magazine industry’s two leading prizes — the National Magazine Award (the industry’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize) and the National Headliner Award.

Jonathan is also the author of a memoir, Denial: My 25 Years Without a Soul, and books on Japan and financial-system reform. He has written many articles, on everything from government and public policy to introversion to animal rights, for publications including The Atlantic, National Journal, The New Republic, The Economist, Reason, Harper’s, Fortune, Reader’s Digest, U.S. News & World Report, The New York Times newspaper and magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Post, Slate, Salon, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Public Interest, The Advocate, The Daily, and others. He has appeared as a guest on many radio and television shows, including NBC’s Meet the Press and NPR’s NewsHour.

Jonathan will be hosting a series of academic conversations and speaking at two public meetings hosted by the Free Speech Union. For more information or if you have any questions please contact [email protected]