31 Oct 2024

Banning hateful symbols and salutes

From Nights, 10:18 pm on 31 October 2024

This week there's been discussion around the use of Nazi symbols and gestures in NZ.

ACT Party leader David Seymour says Nazi symbols shouldn't be banned because they reveal who the "idiots" are.

And Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he is open to a ban of the "sieg heil" salute - a gesture that's been adopted by the Mongrel Mob. 

Wellington lawyer Graeme Edgeler joins Emile Donovan to discuss what is and isn't banned in New Zealand.

David Seymour

Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone