A quick personal submission may add weight to the resistance

URGENT: 24 HOURS TO ACT

A major telecommunications bill with serious consequences for privacy, encryption, and free speech is quietly moving through Parliament with almost no public attention.

New Zealanders have around 24 hours to make submissions before it’s too late.

This bill:

• Expands surveillance and enforcement powers

• Risks weakening end-to-end encryption

• Creates new administrative powers that can bypass normal court processes

• Could drive some overseas services to withdraw from New Zealand altogether

Encryption isn’t a niche tech issue. It’s essential infrastructure for a free and secure society. Once it’s weakened, it’s weakened for everyone and these powers never get rolled back later.

The good news: even a short submission matters. You don’t need to be a lawyer or tech expert.

Copy, paste, submit (you can personalise it if you like or just send it as-is):

> I oppose the Telecommunications and Other Matters Amendment Bill in its current form.

The bill risks weakening end-to-end encryption, expands surveillance and enforcement powers without sufficient safeguards, and may drive offshore providers to withdraw services from New Zealand.

Encryption is essential infrastructure for privacy, security, and free expression. Any changes affecting it require far greater scrutiny than this bill has received.

I urge the Committee to substantially amend the bill or recommend it not proceed. <

SUBMIT HERE: https://ow.ly/tBlz50XVUnh

Deadline: 24 hours

If you care about privacy, free speech, or simply not sleepwalking into permanent surveillance powers, please take two minutes and submit today.