January Newsletter
Source: Human Rights Commission
Welcome to the latest Human Rights Commission newsletter Tūrangawaewae – a summary of recent developments on the New Zealand human rights...
Golliwogs and blackface
Source: Human Rights Commission
Golliwogs and blackface
What is wrong with golliwogs and blackface?
Golliwogs and blackface are offensive as they perpetuate the sort of stereotypes that...
Migrant New Zealanders experience fear, loss of culture and identity due to racism
Source: Human Rights Commission
Migrants across the country have for the first time extensively shared their lived experiences of racism in Aotearoa New Zealand.
In the...
HRC to play a role in law banning conversion practices
Source: Human Rights Commission
Te Kāhui Tika Tangata / The Human Rights Commission welcomes the Government’s introduction of the Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill.
The proposed legislation...
Prisons are “failing women” as new report reveals Māori and Pacific women disproportionately segregated
Source: Human Rights Commission
New independent research for the Human Rights Commission examines the harmful treatment and subsequent breaches of human rights of women in...
Commissioner Announces Inquiry into Support of Disabled People During Omicron
Source: Human Rights Commission
The Disability Rights Commissioner is using powers under the Human Rights Act to launch an Inquiry into the support of disabled...
Social Change Campaign to Improve Attitudes to Disability
Source: Human Rights Commission
Disabled people experience poorer outcomes in social and economic indicators due to “ableist” thinking and negative attitudes about disability that affect...
Human Rights Commission launches inquiry into “discriminatory” Pacific pay gap
Source: Human Rights Commission
The Human Rights Commission will embark on a ground-breaking inquiry into the persistent Pacific pay gap and lack of equal employment...
Covid-19 vaccine and human rights
Source: Human Rights Commission
Covid-19 vaccine roll out in Aotearoa New Zealand
In February 2021, the roll out of the COVID-19 vaccine started in Aotearoa New Zealand....
Responsibility to adopt new face-covering rules and also ensure they are not a reason...
Source: Human Rights Commission
As New Zealanders outside Auckland move into level 2 the Human Rights Commission is reminding people to wear masks, but also...
Survey reveals barrier to health for disabled people
Source: Human Rights Commission
The collection of specific data on the health outcomes of disabled people by the NZ Health Survey 2020/21 has been welcomed...
Recognising Māori Resilience
Source: Human Rights Commission
The Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon wants New Zealanders to amplify the resilience of Māori whānau and communities on the International...
