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Review of offensive email issue released
Friday, 12 March 2010, 1:50 pm | Human Rights Commission
Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres has released a review of the response to a racially offensive email sent by MP Hone Harawira last year. More >>
Super city among top 10 race relations issues 2010
Thursday, 11 March 2010, 4:08 pm | Human Rights Commission
Ensuring an effective voice for Māori, Pacific and ethnic communities in the Auckland super city is one of the top 10 race relations priorities for 2010, according to the Human Rights Commission’s annual review of race relations published today. More >>
Super city consultation a mockery
Friday, 26 February 2010, 11:45 am | Human Rights Commission
The short time frame of nine weeks (including the Christmas-New Year holiday break) for submissions to the third Auckland governance bill makes a mockery of democracy, according to the Human Rights Commission. More >>
Discrimination against Asians remains a key issue
Monday, 22 February 2010, 10:02 am | Human Rights Commission
Asian New Zealanders and international students continue to experience racial discrimination and harassment, according to a report released today by Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres. More >>
Discrimination Against Asians a Key Issue
Saturday, 20 February 2010, 10:21 am | Human Rights Commission
Asian New Zealanders and international students continue to experience racial discrimination and harassment, according to a report released today by Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres. More >>
Resounding victory for caregiver parents
Friday, 8 January 2010, 5:03 pm | Human Rights Commission
The Chief Human Rights Commissioner Rosslyn Noonan has called on the Government to begin carer payments immediately to a group of parents looking after severely adult disabled children after they were victorious in a court decision today. The long ... More >>
Human rights cases highlight discrimination in NZ
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 10:35 am | Human Rights Commission
Recent survey numbers released by Statistics New Zealand show one in 10 people had been discriminated against in the past 12 months. More >>
Commission works w advocacy org on TVNZ Complaint
Thursday, 3 December 2009, 1:14 pm | Human Rights Commission
The Human Rights Commission has received more than 220 complaints and expressions of concern about comments made by presenter Paul Henry on Television One’s Breakfast programme on 23 November 2009 about Britain’s Got Talent contestant Susan Boyle. ... More >>
Banking Services for Elderly, Disabled Improved
Monday, 30 November 2009, 1:36 pm | Human Rights Commission
The Human Rights Commission has helped the New Zealand Bankers’ Association develop a set of voluntary guidelines to help improve access to banking services by older and disabled people. A function has been organised in Auckland on Monday 30 November ... More >>
Response to inquiries about Harawira’s email
Saturday, 7 November 2009, 3:17 pm | Human Rights Commission
The Commission has fielded calls from the public who find the remarks reportedly made by Hone Harawira offensive and divisive. More >>
NZ holds place in global gender gap rating
Wednesday, 28 October 2009, 4:25 pm | Human Rights Commission
New Zealand has held on to fifth place in the Global Gender Gap Report 2009, with Iceland the big winner overall. “For New Zealand to hang on to its high ranking out of 134 countries – behind the Nordic countries, who jockey for top positions ... More >>
Broader human rights complaints on the rise
Wednesday, 28 October 2009, 10:54 am | Human Rights Commission
More than half the complaints coming to the Human Rights Commission from New Zealanders seeking help and advice are now about broader human rights issues. The Commission’s 2009 annual report reveals that of the 3489 complaints, 1405 were about potential ... More >>
Search and surveillance bill needs safeguards
Thursday, 22 October 2009, 4:33 pm | Human Rights Commission
The Human Rights Commission says the Search and Surveillance bill must include explicit reference to human rights principles before it becomes law. Chief Human Rights Commissioner Rosslyn Noonan said by doing so Parliament would help to address concerns the proposed ... More >>
Wording will water down basic human rights
Thursday, 15 October 2009, 2:09 pm | Human Rights Commission
A bill before Parliament will significantly water down provisions that prohibited restrictive covenants that effectively entrenched discrimination against low income and vulnerable New Zealanders in new housing developments. The Affordable Housing ... More >>
United Nations adopts NZ human rights report card
Friday, 25 September 2009, 3:16 pm | Human Rights Commission
The Human Rights Council of the United Nations has adopted the outcomes of the human rights review of New Zealand in Geneva last night. More >>
Race Relations Commissioner on Headscarfs in court
Thursday, 3 September 2009, 11:20 am | Human Rights Commission
The Muslim community needs reassurance that wearing a headscarf in the public gallery of a court is perfectly acceptable, says Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres. He was commenting on media reports that a woman was barred from the Hastings District ... More >>
Library a winner in showcasing diversity
Tuesday, 25 August 2009, 3:08 pm | Human Rights Commission
Wellington City Libraries has won a national award for its outstanding contribution to race relations. The organisation has been named as one of 12 recipients of the Human Rights Commission’s annual New Zealand Diversity Action Awards. The awards ... More >>
Winners of 2009 Diversity Action awards announced
Tuesday, 25 August 2009, 10:43 am | Human Rights Commission
Twelve organisations have received awards from the Human Rights Commission in recognition of their outstanding contribution to positive race relations. The awards night was held at the 2009 New Zealand Diversity Forum in Wellington on Monday. More >>
Council lauded for diversity work
Tuesday, 25 August 2009, 8:52 am | Human Rights Commission
Human Rights Commission Media Release Embargoed until awards announced 6.30pm, Monday 24 August 2009 More >>
Religion in schools publication launched
Monday, 24 August 2009, 9:50 am | Human Rights Commission
The Human Rights Commission will launch Religion in New Zealand Schools: Questions and Concerns at the New Zealand Diversity Forum at Victoria University, Wellington today. (subs: 24 August) In an easy question and answer format the booklet provides ... More >>
