Human Rights Commission

This page contains core Human Rights Commission publications and those dating from 2009. To view or download the publication, simply click on the link provided. To search for and access resources published previous to 2009, please visit our library

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Resources
Human Rights Commission
PO Box 6751, Wellesley Street
Auckland 1141, New Zealand

Phone: 0800 496 877 (toll free)
Fax: 09 377 3593
Email: resources@hrc.co.nz

• Annual Report and Statement of Intent
• Case Studies
• Complaints Information
• Community Language Resources
• Disability Rights
• Education (Human Rights)
• Equal Employment Opportunity
• Human Rights
• HRC Guidelines for Non-Discrimination
• HRC Submissions
• Library (Human Rights Commission Library)
• Mental Health
• Newsletters
• Posters
• Race Relations
• Te Reo
• Transgender Inquiry (Action on the Transgender Inquiry)
• Treaty of Waitangi and Human Rights

Annual Report and Statement of Intent

• Annual Report 2012 (PDF 1.5MB)
• Annual Report 2011 (PDF 3Mb) Financial Disclosure (PDF 110Kb) [Word version will be uploaded shortly]
• Annual Report 2010 (2Mb PDF) Financial Disclosure (PDF 105Kb)
• Annual Report 2009 (1.7MB PDF) Financial Disclosure (PDF)

• Statement of Intent 2012-2015 (PDF1.4MB) (Word2MB)
• Statement of Intent 2011-2014 (Word) (PDF 900Kb)
• Statement of Intent 2010-2013 (PDF 600Kb)
• Statement of Intent 2009-2012 (PDF 1.2MB)

Case Studies

Since early 2002, the Commission’s disputes resolution service has revolved around mediation. Earlier case notes and Human Rights Review Tribunal decisions are available from the library

• Te Rito May 2012 HTML (PDF 663kb) (Word 794kb)
• Te Rito March 2011 (PDF)
• Te Rito December 2009 (PDF 550kb)
• Te Rito December 2008 – 10 human rights cases (PDF)
• Te Rito November 2008 – Human rights complaints (PDF 750kb)
• Te Rito August 2007 – Human rights complaints (Word 165kb or PDF 470kb)
• 10 Human Rights Cases – 2007 (PDF 400kb)
• 10 Human Rights Cases that Made a Difference (2006) (PDF 271kb) (Word 196kb)

Complaints Information

• Resolving discrimination and harassment – a guide to making and responding to a complaint
• What-is-the-Human-Rights-Commission?  (PDF)
  (Te Reo PDF 175Kb or HTML)
  Also available in Samoan, Tongan, Hindi, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese
• Human rights enquiries & complaints (PDF 670kb).
  Available in Maori, Samoan, Tongan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional) and Hindi.
• Office of Human Rights Proceedings leaflet (Office of Human Rights Proceedings PDF500Kb)
• Racial harassment (PDF 800kb).
  Available in: Maori, Samoan, Tongan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Hindi.
• Sexual harassment (PDF 600kb).
  Available in
  Maori, Samoan, Tongan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Hindi
• Your rights as a pregnant worker (PDF 135Kb, Word 33Kb).
  Also available in:
  Ō tika mō te kaimahi kei te hapū – Māori, गर्भवती कर्मचारी के रूप में आपके अधिकार – Hindi, ‘O ou āiā tatau fa’aletagata faigaluega a’o e ma’itaga – Samoan, Ko ho’o ngaahi totonu koe‘uhi koe tokotaha ngāue koe ‘oku lolotonga feitama – Tongan, 您作为怀孕员工应该享有的权利 – Simplified Chinese, 您身為懷孕的雇員所有的權利 – Traditional Chinese

• Complaints form PDF  Word On-line Complaints form
  Also available in:
  Maori, Samoan, Tongan, Hindi, Chinese – Simplified , Traditional Chinese
• Do you have a human rights complaint? (Colour PDF [240kb] or B/W PDF [240kb])
  Also available in:
  Maori (PDF 360kb), Hindi (PDF 380kb), Chinese Simplified (PDF 480kb), Traditional Chinese (550kb), Samoan (PDF 430kb), Tongan (385kb)
• ‘English language only’ – policies in the workplace (PDF)
  Also available in Maori, Samoan, Tongan, Hindi, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.

Community Language Resources

The Commission has resources in Arabic, Chinese, Fijian, Gujarati, Hindi, Korean, Cook Island Maori, Te Reo Māori, Niuean, New Zealand Sign Language, Punjabi, Samoan, Somalian, Tokelauan, Tongan and Vietnamese. Click here to access

Disability Rights

• The Accessible Journey: Report of the Inquiry into Accessible Public Land Transport.
  Other formats include:
  Word (989kb)
  HTML
  Plain Language (Word 1.4MB) and
  Maori (Word 244kb)
  Screen Readers Marked Up Version (Word 1MB)
  Marked Up Word Version (910kb) and HTML Plain Text (516kb)
• Definition of Disability in the Human Rights Act 1993 (Word)
• Disabled Children’s Right to Education
• Disabled People’s Rights Reports: Access to the Built Environment; Access to Information; Access to Political Participation
• Making disability rights real (information leaflet explaining the organisations overseeing the implementation of the UNCRPD)
• What is the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities?

Education

• Human rights education, training and workshops Word 29KB
• Building Human Rights Communities in Education
• Disabled Children’s Right to Education
• School violence, bullying and abuse – a human rights analysis (850 Kb PDF)
• Taku Manawa: Human Rights in the Regions Pilot Project – 2008 (PDF 1.4MB)
• Taku Manawa – Building Human Rights Communities - 2011 (PDF)

Equal Employment Opportunities

• Getting a job: An A to Z for employers and employees Pre-employment Guidelines (PDF)
• NEON (Network Equal Opportunities Network) website (www.neon.org.nz)
• New Zealand Census of Women’s Participation 2012 (PDF 5MB)
• New Zealand Census of Women’s Participation 2010 (PDF 1.5MB)
• The Right to Breastfeed – Background Paper (PDF 355kb)
• Valuing Older Workers – September 2008 (Word or HTML)
• Your Rights as a Breastfeeding Mother (PDF 70kb) – also available in Maori, Samoan and Tongan languages (449kb PDF)

Guidelines for Non-Discrimination

• Voluntary guidelines to assist banks to meet the needs of older and disabled customers (Word)
• Insurance Guidelines (Website Page)Insurance and the Human Rights Act 1993 (PDF or Word)
• Pre-employment Guidelines – Getting a job: An A to Z for employers and employees Pre-employment Guidelines (PDF)

Human Rights in New Zealand

• Human Rights in New Zealand 2010
• The New Zealand Action Plan for Human Rights: Mana ki te Tangata – Priorities for Action 2005-2010 (HTML)
• Human rights milestones: New Zealand (PDF)
• Human rights milestones: International (PDF)
• Transgender Inquiry
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Universal Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (English/Te Reo)
  - English Questions and Answers
  - Te Reo Questions and Answers

Human Rights Submissions (for prior to 2012 see the library)

• Submission on Minimum Wage (Starting Out Wage) Amendment Bill – December 2012
• Submission on the Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months Paid Leave) Amendment Bill - December 2012
• Submission on Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Bill - December 2012
• Submission on Marriage Equality Bill – November 2012
• Submission on the Environment Canterbury (Temporary Commissioners and Improved Water Management) Bill – November 2012
• Submission on the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill – August 2012
• Submission on Immigration Amendment Bill – June 2012
• Submission on Child Support Amendment Bill – June 2012
• Submission on Corrections Amendment Bill – April 2012
• Submission on Social Security (Youth Support and Work Focus) Amendment Bill – April 2012
• Submission on Green Paper for Vulnerable Children – February 2012
• Submission: EMRIP Study on the role of languages and culture in the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples to the UNHCHR  – February 2012 (Word 80Kb)

Mental Health Issues

• Making Complaints – a guide for mental health service users

Newsletters

Click here for further information and subscription details on the Commission’s electronic newsletters.

Posters

Race Relations

• ‘English language only’ – policies in the workplace (PDF)
  Also available in Maori, Samoan, Tongan, Hindi, Traditional Chinese and Modern Chinese
• Guidelines on Measures to Ensure Equality
• International Student Safety (Speech delivered by Joris de Bres December 2008)
• Muslim Women, Dress Codes and Human Rights (Word 134kb)
• Race relations reports (Annual review of race relations)
• Racial harassment – what is racial harassment? Information leaflet (800Kb PDF).
  Available in Māori, Samoan, Tongan, Chinese (Simple/Modern), Chinese (Trad) and Hindi.
• Religious Diversity in New Zealand – Statement on Religious Diversity booklet (640Kb PDF) (Word 61KB)
• Religious Diversity in the Workplace
• Statement on Language Policy – Languages in Aotearoa New Zealand (August 2008) (PDF)
• Statement on Race Relations – Race Relations in Aotearoa New Zealand (August 2008) (PDF and Te Reo version [PDF])
• Perceptions of Discrimination: UMR Research Report (2006) (Word)
• Perceived Discrimination in NZ (Omnibus Research – Nov-Dec 2007) (Word)
• Religion in New Zealand Schools
• Maori Representation in Local Government: the continuing challenge (PDF 230Kb)

Sexual Orientation, Sex and Gender Identity

• Born Free and Equal: Human Rights, Sexual Orientation, Sex and Gender Identity (A5 PDF booklet)
• Trans people: facts and information (PDF and HTML fact sheets)

Te Reo Māori

Treaty of Waitangi and Human Rights

• The Treaty Relationship in 2011 (PDF) (summary of chapter from Race Relations in 2011)
• Response to Expert Mechanism on Indigenous Rights 2010  (Word 140Kb)
• Te Mana i Waitangi – Human rights and the Treaty of Waitangi – draft for discussion document 2010 (PDF 850Kb)
• Te Tiriti o Waitangi Treaty of Waitangi – 2009 in review (PDF) (chapter from Race Relations in 2009)
• Treaty of Waitangi, Person/Group Discrimination and Disability: UMR research report Nov/Dec 2008 (Word 986Kb)
• United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Māori and English (PDF 660Kb)
• Summary of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (English) (English PDF 275Kb)or read the summary in Māori (PDF).
• Whitiwhiti Korero Newsletter