People march down Queen Street in protest in Auckland, New Zealand, on June 8, 2024. Fiona Goodall/Getty Images
New Zealand’s Parliament is considering a bill that would outlaw people who hold targeted and disruptive demonstrations near residential homes.
However, critics say that, in failing to define details such as how close to a home a protest would need to be to trigger the offence, it risks abridging free speech and could be used to shut down protests outside places like embassies.
