20-03-2013 - Dame Susan Devoy appointed Race Relations Commissioner
Type: Media Release
The New Zealand Human Rights Commission is delighted to welcome Dame Susan to the Commission. Dame Susan is an exceptional New Zealander who has contributed incredibly to the ordinary lives of New Zealanders in her community work, in governance and chief executive roles, most often as a volunteer. Her community work has spanned health, disability [...]
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25-07-2012 - Māori children denied basic human rights
Type: Media Release
Many Māori children are being denied their basic human rights because of poverty and inadequate public services, says the Human Rights Commission. Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres told the Māori Affairs Select Committee inquiry into the determinants of Māori children’s wellbeing today that international human rights standards apply across nations and cultures, and that [...]
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07-03-2012 - Race relations report highlights changing face of NZ
Type: Report
The changing face of New Zealand and its implications for race relations are highlighted in the Human Rights Commission’s annual review of race relations launched today.
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31-01-2012 - Young people more likely to value the Treaty than their elders
Type: Media Release
Young people are more likely to value the Treaty of Waitangi than their elders, according to the Human Rights Commission’s annual review of the Treaty relationship.
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14-08-2011 - Sir Paul Reeves a human rights champion
Type: Media Release
Nation loses great advocate for human rights and the Treaty He kotuku rerenga tahi A white heron flies once New Zealand has lost a great advocate for human rights and the Treaty with the passing of Sir Paul Reeves, the first Maori Governor-General and former Archbishop of the Anglican Church today. Chief Human Rights Commissioner [...]
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04-02-2011 - Commission welcomes tri-lingual interpreters at Waitangi Day events
Type: Media Release
This year’s Waitangi Day will be the first time tri-lingual interpreters have been available to ensure deaf people will be able to fully participate in the formal events that commemorate the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
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04-02-2011 - Power Sharing in the 21st Century
Type: Speech
Māori seats in local government: an “imaginative opportunity for justice” Joris de Bres’, Race Relations Commissioner, address at the Te Papa Treaty of Waitangi Debates February 2011. Last year, Ngati Awa Deputy Chairman Pouroto Ngaropo stood for Mayor of Whakatane. Three days before voting closed, the Whakatane Beacon published an assessment of the six contenders. [...]
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04-02-2011 - Statement by Race Relations Commissioner on marae proposal
Type: Statement
The reported proposal to selectively charge media for access to Te Tii marae during the Waitangi Day commemoration is unlikely to be unlawful under the Human Rights Act because the marae, being a private space, is not subject to the discrimination provisions in the Act. These provisions generally apply to public spaces and selected other [...]
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01-02-2011 - Human rights and the Treaty 2010
Type: Report
The Commission launched its major report card on the state of human rights in New Zealand on 10 December 2010, International Human Rights Day. Called Human Rights in New Zealand 2010 – Ngā Tika Tangata O Aotearoa 2010, the report card analyses the full spectrum of human rights. It includes a chapter on Human rights [...]
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20-04-2010 - Commission welcomes Govt support for UN Declaration
Type: Media Release
The Human Rights Commission welcomes the Government’s support for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, announced by Māori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York today.
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