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...
Human rights can reduce working poverty post COVID-19
Source: Human Rights Commission
A new report by the Human Rights Commission offers a framework for a human rights approach to alleviating poverty in working...
Poor health outcomes data for disabled New Zealanders linked to years of unmet need
Source: Human Rights Commission
Just released data on health outcomes for disabled New Zealanders show unacceptable levels of unmet need across the health system which...
Australian and New Zealand Human Rights Commissions and FIFA publish Human Rights Risk Assessment...
Source: Human Rights Commission
The Australian Human Rights Commission, the New Zealand Human Rights Commission along with FIFA have today published a Human Rights Risk...
Chief Human Rights Commissioner criticises double standard in the public sector reform bill
Source: Human Rights Commission
Chief Human Rights Commissioner, Paul Hunt, says the current Public Service Legislation Bill before select committee contains a glaring double standard...
Health inequity concerns raised by Race Relations Commissioner
Source: Human Rights Commission
The Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon has called on the government to respond to concerns around health inequity from the Pacific...
Your chance to comment on Aotearoa’s human rights record
Source: Human Rights Commission
Te Kāhui Tika Tangata, the New Zealand Human Rights Commission is encouraging organisations and individuals to make submissions to the United...
The government must make use of its human rights toolkit to tackle food insecurity
Source: Human Rights Commission
Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt has joined the call from community group Sunday Blessings for the government to tackle food...
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...
Latest human rights data finds little improvement in New Zealand’s standing
Source: Human Rights Commission
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) latest release of its 2021 country report for Aotearoa New Zealand shows progress remains slow.
The...
Duty to educate all New Zealanders about relationships, responsibilities and rights
Source: Human Rights Commission
Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt was invited to speak to members of the Waikato Mongrel Mob Kingdom at their hui...
Meng Foon: In times of crisis we need to look deeply in the mirror
Source: Human Rights Commission
This first appeared in The Spinoff on September 20, 2021.
Most of us here in Aotearoa New Zealand, I think, care about...
