10-05-2013 - Statement from Chief Commissioner, Human Rights Commission
Type: Statement
Chief Human Rights Commissioner David Rutherford said “The Human Rights Act makes it very clear that there are 13 grounds of unlawful discrimination in New Zealand. One of these is sexual orientation. What this means in practice is that it is unlawful to discriminate against someone in the provision of goods and services because of [...]
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31-07-2012 - United Nations urges Government to strengthen women’s rights
Type: Media Release
The Government has been urged to strengthen women’s rights in New Zealand by setting harder targets and improving resources across employment, health and education by the United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. The Committee said it “notes with concern a number of challenges” that continue to impede women’s equality including violence [...]
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29-06-2012 - Mediation the best way to resolve discrimination disputes
Type: Media Release
Complaints including one from a girl with an intellectual disability excluded from school camp and a woman who discovered she was being paid a lower hourly rate than two male colleagues, feature in Te Rito, a publication released today. The case studies of 21 complaints about discrimination illustrate how the Human Rights Commission resolves the [...]
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01-11-2010 - Gender discrimination case settles with apology and $6500 damages
Type: Media Release
A woman who was refused a job selling cars because she was female has been paid $6500 and received an apology with the help of legal representation by the Office of Human Rights Proceedings.
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12-08-2010 - Commission welcomes back down on support for sex abuse victims
Type: Media Release
The Human Rights Commission welcomes ACC’s decision announced today to reverse funding cuts and the provision of extra support to sexual abuse victims.
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21-04-2010 - Sexual harassment results in damages and human rights education
Type: Media Release
A baker has been ordered to pay damages of $10,000 for emotional harm and $9000 for lost income to a woman he sexually harassed for four months and undertake a human rights workshop to learn how to avoid sexual harassment.
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05-03-2010 - International Womens Day
Type: Other
Domestic violence and killing in the name of “honour” “It has been estimated that as many as one in three women across the world has been beaten, raped or otherwise abused during the course of her lifetime. And the most common source of such violence comes from within the family. Amongst the most extreme forms [...]
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27-01-2009 - Chief Commissioner opens Assume Nothing Exhibition
Type: Speech
Speech by Chief Commissioner Rosslyn Noonan, Human Rights Commission at the opening of the Assume Nothing exhibition at the Moving Image Centre, Toi Rerehiko, 321 Karangahape Rd, Auckland, Friday, 23 January, 2009.
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19-02-2008 - How to manage sexual orientation issues in the workplace
Type: Event
In today’s work environment sexual orientation and gender identity issues are inevitable. How your workplace deals with them is critical. The Human Rights Commission and the Ministry of Social Development will be holding a workshop on sexual orientation issues that includes a firsthand account of gender transition in the workplace. The workshop will equip human [...]
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17-01-2008 - Simple law change would improve transgender New Zealanders lives
Type: Media Release
The Human Rights Commission is calling for an amendment to legislation that would allow transgender people to obtain birth certificates and passports that reflect their gender identity and sex.
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