Scrutiny of NZ’s human rights record is coming here, and we should welcome it
Source: Human Rights Commission
By Paul Hunt, Chief Human Rights Commissioner
This first appeared in The Spinoff on the 31st of January.
A strong democracy, at ease...
Hate speech laws and red lights
Source: Human Rights Commission
By Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt
This opinion piece by the Chief Commissioner Paul Hunt first appeared in the NZ Herald
Red...
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...
Big Transformation needed for disabled people says Disability Rights Commissioner
Source: Human Rights Commission
Disabled peoples’ lives will be profoundly affected by the Government’s recent announcement about a new Ministry for Disabled People. I welcome...
Call for submissions on pay transparency legislation
Source: Human Rights Commission
Call for submissions on pay transparency legislation
March 7, 2022
Tēnā koutou, Talofa lava
Firstly, a big thank you to all of you who...
Visit of the United Nations independent human rights expert on housing
Source: Human Rights Commission
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Leilani Farha, will begin her 10-day investigation into whether housing is...
Human Rights Commission welcomes national strategy to eliminate family and sexual violence
Source: Human Rights Commission
Human Rights Commission welcomes national strategy to eliminate family and sexual violence
December 7, 2021
The Disability Rights and Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioners are applauding Aotearoa New...
The Human Rights Commission is on a journey to become a Tiriti-based organisation
Source: Human Rights Commission
Chief Commissioner Paul Hunt says the Human Rights Commission Te Kāhui Tika Tangata is continuing to evolve so that it can...
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...
