Category: Human Rights Commission

Source: Human Rights Commission – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Commission welcomes report, commits to implementation

The Human Rights Commission (HRC) says it accepts all the recommendations Judge Coral Shaw has made, and is already actioning some of the changes she suggests.
Judge Shaw’s recommendations are in a report commissioned by Justice Minister Andrew Little in February. This followed publicity about an intern’s sexual harassment complaint against a manager’s actions at an HRC after-hours party.

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Source: Human Rights Commission – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Student asks “do we not bleed” in speech finals

Year 13 student Hena Dugh of Hastings’ Girls High School has won the National Final of the Race Unity Speech Awards. Hena’s speech challenged us to recognise our common humanity, asking “If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you poison us, do we not die?”

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Source: Human Rights Commission – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Race Relations celebrated throughout New Zealand

Race Relations Day captured the imagination and participation of many New Zealand communities this year, with more than 35 events in centres from Invercargill to Northland. And despite the “day” in the title, celebrations of diversity extended from February to May.

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Source: Human Rights Commission – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Ka whakanuia te whakawhanaungatanga-ā-iwi puta noa i Aotearoa

Ko te Rā Whakawhanaungatanga-ā-iwi tērā ka titia ki te mahara i te mahi a ngā tini hapori o Aotearoa i tēnei tau, arā, i ngā kaupapa e 35, nuku atu, mai i Muriwhenua tae atu ki Murihiku. Nā, ahakoa te kupu ‘rā’ nei, ka haere ngā mahi whakanui i tō tātau kanorautanga i te Huitanguru ki te Haratua.

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Source: Human Rights Commission – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: A letter from Chair Sir Anand Satyanand

This week the Chair of the Royal Commission into Historical Abuse in State Care, Sir Anand Satyanand published the following letter, asking all New Zealanders to share their views on the draft Terms of Reference for the Royal Commission to define the scope and purpose of the inquiry.

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