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PILLAR’S FIT BILL ENTERS NZ PARLIAMENT — PILLAR. (nzpillar.com)

MEDIA RELEASE | 04 August 2026 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PILLAR's Foreign Influence Transparency Bill Enters the "Biscuit Tin" PILLAR is proud to announce that the Foreign Influence Transparency (FIT...

Everyone who was getting exercised abut FSU motions & directors at the InternetNZ AGM last night should be paying attention to this. Their sister Atlas org, PILLAR, has had a bill regulating international NGOs adopted by a National MP with government backing: www.nzpillar.com/news/pillars...

#nzpol

6 comments — live from bluesky

Onyx · 1 · 1d ago

atlas's new bill would make nz a nightmare for non profits

Tim Norrie · 0 · 1d ago

China and USA have similar ffs.

Andrew · 2 · 1d ago

@mountaintui.bsky.social @lucyham.bsky.social 👆🏻

Lucy Hamilton · 0 · 1d ago

What’s the evidence on Atlas links? It’s obviously made after the list went secret. What is the personnel overlap?

Andrew · 2 · 1d ago

Its director is the former spokesperson for the NZ instance of the FSU. www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO25... and www.nzpillar.com/about

Andrew · 3 · 1d ago

See also the panel on them in this piece: newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/06/w...

Lucy Hamilton · 1 · 1d ago

I was using that Newsroom reporting in a recent piece. Missed that connection. Thanks so much. I am fascinated. Will add it in to my watch list.

Andrew · 2 · 1d ago

The claim in that piece about their constitution requiring them to be non-profit may be true, but it’s hard to verify when the Companies Register says it hasn’t been provided with a copy. app.companiesoffice.govt.nz/companies/ap...

Lucy Hamilton · 0 · 1d ago

Sorry. Wrong post to what I initially thought. This is horrible. Thank-you.

Andrew · 1 · 1d ago

👆🏻 @oldmatecans.bsky.social @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social @dylanreeve.com @nzccl.org.nz @keithng.bsky.social

CEO Johnny Cans · 2 · 1d ago

I am torn between "oh no" and also "wait what if we full throatedly support the legislation as a bipartisan effort to root out the money behind the right wing lobby groups and scare the shit out of them because they didn't expect us to go yeah sure you first let's go" at the same time

Andrew · 2 · 1d ago

It doesn’t cover private foreign enterprises or mega-rich overseas individuals. But if you think it’s amenable to fixing, I’m interested.

CEO Johnny Cans · 3 · 1d ago

I think they'd have an interesting response if it was proposed to cover all foreign donations to domestic lobby organisations or private companies operating as such.

Florence 🌸🙏 🌞🥝 · 0 · 1d ago

Another attack on democracy, on community and the planet! It needs to Stop 🛑 #CollectiveAction www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... I consider organizing a march in my town. (too carbon intensive to travel to the national event). Are you on deck?

Idiot/Savant · 6 · 1d ago

So the bill itself is a result of foreign interference? #FFS

Andrew · 1 · 1d ago

That’s my working assumption.