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- 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
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- 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
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- NGOs brief diplomats on human rights challenges in New Zealand
- Human Rights Commission welcomes Law Commission report on abortion law reform
- Farewell to Dr Jackie Blue
- Commission celebrates 30 years of Homosexual Law Reform Act
- Organisations are invited to participate is New Zealand’s 3rd Review under the UPR
- Leveraging procurement to protect human rights
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- Having a voice: A conversation with Robert Martin
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- Paula Tesoriero: Human rights declaration as relevant as ever at 70
- Rebekah Armstrong: What the Australian Modern Slavery Act will mean for big Kiwi businesses
- Grace Millane’s death reminds us of the violence so many women in New Zealand face
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- Pacific women paid lowest in New Zealand’s Public Service
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- Human rights critical to delivering on the Budget’s wellbeing promises
- May Tūrangawaewae Newsletter
- Human Rights Commission appoints new Chief Executive
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- Please share your views on our strategic focus
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- Paul Hunt: The Human Right to a Decent Home
- New guide for making a complaint about sexual harassment released
- New Zealand needs to address serious economic and social human rights issues
- Changes to Funded Family Care are positive but more needed — Disability Rights Commissioner
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- Commission welcomes new Race Relations Commissioner
- United Nations Indigenous Experts release report on New Zealand
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- Why New Zealand needs Pay Transparency
- Annual report on Monitoring Places of Detention released
- Human Rights Commissioners visit Ihumātao
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- Disability Pride Week is back for 2019!
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- Latest National Plan of Action report released
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- Human Rights Commission backs Waitangi Tribunal call to allow prisoner voting
- Paul Hunt: Climate change is a human rights issue
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- Human rights approach can help in resolving Ihumātao dispute
- Women share ‘heart-breaking’ stories of pay discrimination
- Assistive Technology from a Disability Rights Perspective
- We must uphold the rights of people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
- Statement on Religious Diversity launched
- Karanina Sumeo: Gender and ethnic pay gaps need addressing
- Race Relations Commission relieved racist ‘Family link’ policy removed
- Upcoming regional workshops on inclusive education
- Auckland Office closed 23rd of October
- Event: Access to STEM Education and Infrastructure Careers for Women and Girls in New Zealand
- Tolerating school bullying is accommodating it – Meng Foon
- October Newsletter
- Human Rights Commission statement to Abuse in Care Inquiry
- Tomorrow's Schools Reforms a step forward for inclusion
- More than 50,000 working households in New Zealand live in poverty
- Disabled people’s creativity can help tackle social problems
- Paul Hunt: The best kept secret in New Zealand - a decent home is your right
- Resource on hate speech legal framework published
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- Saunoamaali'i Dr Karanina Sumeo: Action needed to help our nation's working poor
- Disability Rights Commissioner Paula Tesoriero shares priorities for 2020.
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- Scrutiny of NZ’s human rights record is coming here, and we should welcome it
- Press Conference of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Ms. Leilani Farha
- Visit of the United Nations independent human rights expert on housing
- Wellington and Auckland office closed
- New Zealand: housing crisis requires bold human rights response, says UN expert
- Chief Human Rights Commissioner welcomes findings from UN independent housing expert
- Chief Human Rights Commissioner criticises double standard in the public sector reform bill
- Human rights for the public service – but what about the rest of us?
- ‘Access to government services is a human right’ – Chief Human Rights Commissioner
- Parliament Petitioned to Take Australian Human Rights Abuses to UN
- Visit of the United Nations expert on the rights of older persons
- Education and Training Bill submission
- Tricia Keelan joins Commission as Pou Ārahi/Deputy Chief Executive
- How employers can benefit from transparency: EEO Commissioner
- February Tūrangawaewae Newsletter
- Race Relations Commissioner condemns Shane Jones’ comments against Indian communities
- Enshrine disabled children’s rights to an inclusive education
- Race Relations Day provides an opportunity for all of us to come together
- Event: Gender and Economic Equality for Women in New Zealand: Progress and Challenges
- New Zealanders Detained in Australia Call For NZ Government Action
- UN Expert calls for human rights action for older persons
- Disability Rights Commissioner welcomes findings from UN independent expert on older persons
- Christchurch Mosque Massacres – One year commemoration
- Human Rights Commission steps to manage effect of COVID-19
- Women’s Rights Commissioner welcomes law decriminalising abortion
- Structural reforms for children are yet to materialise into improved outcomes says Disability Rights Commissioner
- Closing our Auckland and Wellington offices to the public until further notice
- Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt tested positive for COVID 19
- COVID-19: Human Rights and Duties to the Community
- Employers urged to act in good faith during COVID-19 crisis
- A letter to all New Zealanders from the Commissioners of the Human Rights Commission on our response to COVID-19
- Human Rights Checklist for disaster preparedness, prevention, and recovery responses
- Concerns about rights of people in detention during response to COVID-19
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- Unsafe at home? Reach out for help says Women’s Rights Commissioner
- Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon and the Human Rights Commission acknowledge the passing of Dr Huirangi Eruera Waikerepuru
- Speaking to the Environment Committee on the Urban Development Bill
- Inspection of secure aged care facilities welcomed by Chief Commissioner
- Access to healthcare for terminal and acute patients must be safeguarded
- Questions to ask of residential facilities caring for your loved ones
- Human rights and Te Tiriti need to be part of COVID-19 response
- Meng Foon: Covid-19 coronavirus fear no excuse for racism
- Large number of human rights enquiries and complaints related to COVID-19
- Tune in to the Race Unity Speech Awards, 11-17 May
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- Shovel ready projects must help build an inclusive society
- Teacher Aides’ pay rise helps value educating disabled students
- Value and respect your workers to help rebuild economy – EEO Commissioner
- Government needs to strengthen its commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and human rights in COVID-19 response
- Let’s rebuild to make a more inclusive world
- Human Rights Commission warmly welcomes Disability Rights Commissioner’s re-appointment
- Auditor-General review findings of failings in PPE distribution is no surprise, says Disability Rights Commissioner.
- Human Rights Commission issues report on “rainbow” human rights in Aotearoa New Zealand.
- Latest report on torture finds persistent issues in places of detention
- Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt has offered his condolences to the family of Constable Matthew Dennis Hunt
- Fast-Track Consenting Bill needs to change to address entrenched discrimination and inequities says EEO Commissioner
- New human rights data show New Zealand is falling short
- Human Rights Commission welcomes NZ co-hosting FIFA’s women’s world cup (FWWC) 2023
- Disabled Young People and Life in Lockdown COVID19
- Disability rights report highlights systemic inequities and opportunities for real change
- Condolences go to our friends and colleagues at the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
- New research reveals large number of Kiwis are experiencing unequal pay
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- Government must listen to Muslim community about the Attack on Christchurch Mosques
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