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- Bill enshrines powers of Human Rights Commission
- Labyrinth of Lies - an interview with Giulio Ricciarelli
- Paul Gibson: History in the making - Robert Martin’s Election at the UN
- NZ Muslims and Human Rights Commission urge Kiwis to stand together
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- New SOGI and Sex Characteristics Manual released
- Neo Nazi uniform has no place in a march against child abuse – Susan Devoy
- Tracking quality data affirms need for support for young Maori and Pasifika
- Public reporting needed to address gender pay gap
- Dame Grace Hollander: An extraordinary New Zealander
- Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities welcomed
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- Commission pays tribute to Briar Bentley
- Commission welcomes Canterbury Rugby's decision on racial abuse
- Commission celebrates 30 years of Homosexual Law Reform Act
- Racism not just a rugby problem
- Commission welcomes new 1 in 3 Be Free app
- Spencer v Attorney General: decision on disabled New Zealanders and their caregivers welcomed
- Speech: New Horizons for Women Trust Award Ceremony
- RIAA Report a timely reminder of the value of investing in human rights
- Time to honour those who fought for the human rights of gay NZers
- New Zealand’s 12th Diversity Forum focused on the future
- Commission offers support to NZ Rugby investigation
- Commission launches first Business and Human Rights Forum
- Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples reminder of action needed on UNDRIP
- Study reveals Kiwis need to celebrate contribution of seniors
- Commission pays tribute to tireless human rights campaigner Joan Macdonald
- Intelligence and Security Bill good effort, but scrutiny needed
- Commission expresses concern over KiwiSaver investment reports
- Human rights in action: a bit of wood, some goodwill - and free cocktails
- HRC invites Ministry of Education to work to better engage disabled New Zealanders in policy design
- Commission welcomes Canterbury Rugby's position on racial intolerance
- Human Rights Commission welcomes Simon Xu to the team
- Indigenous Rights Information Series starting in September
- Business and Human Rights Forum
- Richard Tankersley – “I stopped playing rugby because I’m gay”
- Commission’s Strategic Communications Specialist receives Harmony Award
- Seclusion and Restraint review about to get underway
- New Zealand’s 12th Diversity Forum focused on the future
- He Whakamaharatanga te Rā mō ngā Iwi Taketake he mahi anō e whai mana ai te UNDRIP
- Refreshed A – Z Pre Employment Guide released
- Auckland Human Rights Commission office move
- August Tūrangawaewae
- That's Us Race Relations Campaign Launches
- Commission welcomes report, invites Ministry response
- New Zealanders asked to add signatures to open letter to NZ Rugby
- Advice and training needed to change internal culture following NZ Rugby investigation
- Update On The 'Love Rugby, Respect Women' Open Letter
- Commission welcomes Government overhaul of family violence laws
- Commission becomes first public sector agency to achieve the Rainbow Tick
- Commission welcomes first human trafficking conviction
- UN Committee reviews New Zealand's treatment of children
- Let other New Zealanders know their racist words are not OK - Race Relations Commissioner
- Seclusion and Restraint: Do you want to share your experience?
- Assisted dying in NZ given 'orange light' by human rights watchdog
- Paul Gibson: The Paralympics and visibility
- Emma Watson calls for equality during UN speech
- Microagressions are real, and they're more harmful than you might think
- The Human Rights Commission responds to Julia Sloane's allegations against Race Relations Commissioner
- Commission releases guidelines for prioritisation of vulnerable insurance customers
- Rugby: Former rugby boss David Rutherford says game needs more women in positions of power
- Accession to UN convention significant development for disabled New Zealanders
- UN urges our Government to protect the rights of intersex children
- UN recommendations on the rights of New Zealand children with disabilities welcomed
- Human Rights Commission pays tribute to Helen Kelly: A great New Zealander
- New Zealand childcare costs concerning
- Human Rights Commission concerned about the safety of children in schools
- Human Rights Commission pays tribute to New Zealanders sharing their personal stories of Racism
- Disability Rights Commissioner asks the Government if schools with seclusion practices retain its confidence
- UN Free & Equal: Intersex Awareness
- 181st anniversary of New Zealand's declaration of independence
- Invitation to consult with the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- All kiwi homes are vulnerable, if property rights aren’t better protected says Commission
- Commission welcomes Government’s commitment to ban seclusion in schools
- Attitudes need to change when it comes to racial discrimination
- Why is the gender pay gap rising?
- NZ Rugby can learn a lot from heartland rugby unions
- Women, people of all ethnicities urged to stand for local sports committees
- Community News: Supported Decision Making Guide Launched
- Commission urges New Zealanders to look to civil defence experts for earthquake guidance
- Community News: Equal Pay Regional Tour
- Applications open for funding to attend Indigenous Rights meetings
- Intolerant religious speeches are not welcome here - Dame Susan Devoy
- David Rutherford: New Zealand's chance to get a disaster recovery right
- Historic step forward for gender equality with implementation of Pay Equity Recommendations
- Businesses and workplaces encouraged to adopt policies that address family violence
- New Zealand children must be safe at school: without exception
- Newly drawn Domestic Violence Victims Protection Bill welcomed
- Commission supports call for independent inquiry into the abuse of New Zealanders in state care
- Leave No One Behind: International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2016
- Wairarapa kids break largest haka record
- Open disability forum to be held in Wellington this month
- Commission welcomes youth justice age raise
- Intersex Roundtable Report and Project
- Diversity forum sees launch of That’s Us campaign
- Red Zone Report
- Forums prove to be a strong UNDRIP conversation starter
- Commission holds public consultation meetings to discuss key issues facing New Zealand
- Commission launches videos to encourage organisations to adopt a family violence policy
- New campaign manager starts at commission
- One Week in Bangkok
- Love Rugby Respect Women
- Online human rights education and training resources being developed
- December Tūrangawaewae
- Ko ngā rangatahi o Aotearoa kei te ārahi i a tātau
- He hui angitū hei kōkiri i ngā tika tangata a Ngāi Māori
- Human Rights Commission welcomes New Zealand PM’s position on marriage equality
- Clear and agreed plan needed to address child poverty numbers
- Affirmative action needed to address trends impacting public sector workforce
- Better systems needed to address worker exploitation in New Zealand
- Race Relations Commissioner thanks young woman for speaking out
- What's it like to be intersex?
- Holly Carrington: the importance of having a family violence policy in the workplace
- Dr Jackie Blue: "Family violence is a human rights issue."
- It's time our workplaces step up to help deal with family violence
- Why Kiwi businesses should have a family violence policy
- Radio New Zealand interview: Dr. Jackie Blue
- 2017 UN Holocaust Remembrance Day: Speech by Dame Susan Devoy
- Race Relations Commissioner: Stand up to hatred - Not in our New Zealand
- Community News: Call for applications - 2017 Senior Indigenous Fellow
- Further adjustments to Education Amendment Bill needed for students with disabilities
- Commission welcomes historic conviction quashing announcement
- Commission asks Kiwis to demand independent inquiry into the abuse of New Zealanders in state care
- E Kore Ano: Never Again
- Call for applications for OHCHR
- Big Gay Out 2017 - Ending HIV
- We need to collect hate crime data
- Promised Land - an LGBTQI+ children's book based on diversity
- Commission welcomes new stand-down periods for rogue recruiters
- PM's refusal to meet to discuss the abuse of New Zealanders held in state care deeply disappointing
- Frame Works: Walkable art trail to raise money for asylum seekers
- Report reveals high price Kiwi mothers pay to care
- Chief Human Rights Commissioner endorses Ombudsman’s hard-hitting OPCAT report on Restraint in Prisons
- Commission open letter calls for inquiry in to the abuse of thousands while under state care
- E karanga ana te reta puare a te Kōmihana kia uiuitia te tūkinotanga o te manomano tāngata i ngā whakahaere manaaki o te Kāwanatanga
- Dame Susan Devoy: State child care may explain why so many Maori are in prison
- Dr Jackie Blue at CSW 61
- Commission welcomes historic conviction quashing announcement
- Further adjustments to Education Amendment Bill needed for students with disabilities
- March 2017 Turangawaewae
- Dame Susan Devoy responds to media over Auckland University European Students Association
- NZFMC and RMCs Race Relations Day Celebration Events 2017
- Palmerston North Youth Workshop - 11 March 2017
- Ponsonby Pride Parade 2017
- Urgent and deliberate action needed to combat biases that contribute to the gender pay gap
- Project seeks to empower young women to close the $600k gap
- Commission welcomes unanimous support of Domestic Violence Victims Protection Bill
- Race Relations Commissioner concerned at recent attacks
- Race Relations Commissioner pays tribute to the Kiwis behind a series of events to celebrate Race Relations Day .
- Human Rights Commission urges Kiwis to stand up for each other
- Submission on the Oranga Tamariki Amendment Bill published
- Stand up for each other - Support, Record, Report
- New Zealand's first Anti Racism campaign reaches more than 2 million people
- Equal Pay Amendment Bill strong contribution to pay equity discussion
- That’s Us - Race Relations Day, celebrating Wellington's diversity
- Community News: Gender Equality in New Zealand - Making It Happen
- Community News: Pursuing Justice for Victims of State Abuse
- 2016 annual Monitoring places of Detention report released
- Human Rights Commission not advocating change to hate speech laws
- Why Never Again must mean Never Again – Dr Judith Aitken
- Community News: Invitation to enter the Diversity Awards
- New Zealand Human Rights Commission applauds historic pay equity settlement
- Community News: Ninety Kiwi artists create walkable art trail to raise money for asylum seekers
- Independent report highlights urgent need for action on seclusion and restraint practices
- Focus on what journalists write not their ethnicity
- Community News: Unseen & Unspoken
- Fourth International Intersex Forum
- State sector board representation of women to be congratulated
- Human Rights Commission commends the NZX on positive moves to increase diversity
- State of Care report demonstrates need for alternatives in Oranga Tamariki residences
- IDAHOT puts violence and discrimination experienced by LGBTI community front and centre
- A pink shirt today says we can stop children bullying
- Court of Appeal affirms ability to determine Declaration of Inconsistency with Bill of Rights Act
- Disability team to travel to UN for international conference
- Expert’s report on New Zealand’s seclusion and restraint practices causes stir
- Draft Bill to bring protection to the workplace for victims of domestic violence
- Sports star support for former refugees
- Online Human Rights Education
- Human Rights and the Treaty
- Race Relations Day 2017
- More work on putting UNDRIP into action needed
- He mahi anō me mahi e whakatinanatia ai te UNDRIP
- Give Nothing To Racism
- The RCSA's letter to Susan Devoy: "Real New Zealand Recruiters Say NO to Racism"
- World Refugee Day 2017: take the time to listen to the story of a refugee
- Justice for state abuse survivors: 6 July 2017
- Truth and reconciliation for state abuse survivors is the right thing to do
- Erin Goes to New York
- Commission welcomes guidance for companies to help them close gender pay gap
- New Zealanders with intellectual disabilities faced systemic abuse in state care
- Human Rights Commission welcomes new Disability Rights Commissioner
- The Human Rights Commission pays tribute to outgoing Human Rights Commissioners
- Spring Hill report confirms importance of regular OPCAT monitoring, says Commission
- Data crucial to realising the rights of New Zealanders with disabilities
- Learning support pilot extension welcomed
- Call for inquiry into state abuse reaches the United Nations
- Mobility Inquiry report recognises accessibility for disabled New Zealanders
- Commission recommends Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill not passed in current form
- UN recommends NZ Government hold independent inquiry into historic state abuse
- Paula's Pānui - One month in
- Conference an opportunity to develop the pathway forward for indigenous rights
- New stats data about disabled workforce paint a grim picture, Commission says
- Rugby recommendations provide clear pathway forward
- NZ Sign Language for final leaders debate a great way to kick off International Week of the Deaf
- Paula's Pānui - 8 weeks in
- Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner keeps pressure on, when it comes workplace equality and women’s rights
- New Human Rights Advisor – Pasifika joins Commission
- State Care Abuse inquiry pressure grows
- Ka eke panuku te hui UNDRIP a te Kōmihana
- UNDRIP conference a success for Commission
- New Disability Rights Commissioner makes early impact in role
- Facing our nation's history is critical to our nation's future
- Commission keen to see continued action to address issues faced by intersex community
- Commission pleased to see equal pay legislation go back to the drawing board
- Paid Parental Leave increase announcement welcomed by Commission
- Where to next for children’s rights
- Ombudsman’s Final Opinion emphasises importance of monitoring best practice delivery
- Taika’s challenge to Kiwis to Give Nothing to Racism takes out top honours
- This is Aotearoa New Zealand: Get used to it - Dame Susan Devoy
- Family Violence Policies in workplaces must be supported by legislation, Commission says
- An open letter to all New Zealanders from Paula Tesoriero, Disability Rights Commissioner
- Pay gap reducing efforts need to be redoubled
- Briefing to the Incoming Minister
- Auckland Mayor Gives Nothing to Racism
- 10 highlights from the year in human rights
- Reflections from the Disability Rights Commissioner
- Ombudsman’s Final Opinion emphasises importance of monitoring best practice delivery
- Attitudes towards students with disabilities must change, Commission says
- ANZ supports Human Rights Commission campaign to Give Nothing to Racism
- New Zealand Holocaust survivors inspire award winning Anti-Racism Campaign
- Human Rights Commission mourns the loss of humanitarian and community leader Hashem Slaimankhel
- Human Rights Commission welcomes Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care: "An important moment in the history of human rights"
- Human Rights Commission welcomes Court of Appeal decision overturning care ruling
- Move to deliver pay equity for mental health workers positive, says Commission
- Human Rights Commission supports review - Chief Commissioner David Rutherford
- Commission welcomes Cabinet announcement on BORA amendment
- Why the disability questions in this year’s census are so important?
- Good Employer data released
- End of Life Choice Bill poses significant risks to disabled New Zealanders
- New Zealanders come together to celebrate Race Relations Day
- Priority issues for disabled New Zealanders welcomed by Disability Rights Commissioner
- Advocating for Women’s rights at the United Nations
- UN Committee supports calls for a human rights based national housing strategy
- A letter from Chair Sir Anand Satyanand
- Mixed report card for NZ’s human rights record in Geneva
- World Down Syndrome Day - a chance to change attitudes
- Race Relations celebrated throughout New Zealand
- Ka whakanuia te whakawhanaungatanga-ā-iwi puta noa i Aotearoa
- Advocating for women’s rights at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62)
- Historic conviction quashing Bill passes
- New trial in Mid-Central designed to give disabled people more say
- Opportunities and threats to human rights inherent in technological advances
- Student asks "do we not bleed" in speech finals
- Commission welcomes report, commits to implementation
- Ongoing consultation and collaboration key to addressing issues faced by Rainbow community
- Race, unity and justice statement by youth and supporters who attended Race Unity Conference
- Disability Rights Commissioner speech on the End of Life Choice Bill
- Changes at Human Rights Commission
- Let’s stop punishing mothers - EEO Commissioner
- We strongly support right to freedom of speech
- Commission welcomes progress on family violence legislation
- The importance of changing attitudes about disability
- Resources
- Contact
- To hrc.co.nz
