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Clarification of news report
A report was published by a number of news outlets yesterday about disciplinary action taken against a group of pupils’ at St Bede’s College in Christchurch who had posted racist abuse on online rugby forums. The report said that among the actions the boys’ names were now “registered with the Human Rights Commission.”
The Commission was approached by a person to express his concern at the racial abuse. The Commission has responded to that person and worked with the school to resolve the issue. However the boys’ names are not “registered” with the Human Rights Commission. The Commission does not hold registers of people’s names.