Nicky Hager is of an elite intelligentsia who hold a kind of Free Speech Union derangement revealed in Dirty Work – Dane Giraud

Opinion byDane GiraudNZ Herald·25 Sep, 2026 04:00 AM6 mins to readDane Giraud has been a Free Speech Union council member for more than seven years.Nicky Hager's new book Dirty Work describes the Free Speech Union as part of a wider network of right-wing organisations tied to the Taxpayers’ Union. Photo / Jamie EnsorDane Giraud has been a Free Speech Union council member for more than seven years. Were you to go back half a century, you’d find many of New Zealand’s grassroots movements led from the left, with causes often closely tied to class. That’s how the unions came about: as grassroots