Jackson said he would work with Pou Tikanga representatives and the National Iwi Chairs Forum on the first phase. He said that he would be concurrently working with “a small group of legal experts with links to the New Zealand Human Rights Commission and expertise in public law.” The issue has gained political traction over the past few months with the emergence of
He Puapua, a document with ideas on how produced within government ministry Te Puni Kōkiri in 2019. First the ACT Party and latterly National leader Judith Collins picked up the report as evidence that the Labour Government was secretly planning to set New Zealand on a path of racial separatism. ACT has characterised it as the first step on the path to New Zealand becoming an “ethno-state”.
Thursday, 1 July 2021, 3:43 pm
A
United Nations report suggests New Zealand follow in
Canada’s footsteps by adopting a human rights approach to
housing policy and makes 27 recommendations for Government
to address the crisis.
The housing crisis is a human
rights crisis in New Zealand according to the United Nations
(UN) Special Rapporteur on adequate housing in a new
report officially tabled over night at the UN Human
Rights Council in Geneva.
Housing speculation, a lack
of affordable housing options, limited protection for
tenants, substandard housing, the absence of an overarching
Te Tiriti and human rights based housing strategy, and a
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Monday, 28 June 2021, 2:56 pm
The Human Rights Commission welcomes the Ministry of
Justice’s public consultation on the laws governing hate
speech.
The Commission encourages all New Zealanders
to participate in the consultation and have their say on the
balance between the right to freedom of speech and the right
to be safe and free from discrimination.
In making the
announcement, the Ministry on Friday published
Proposals
against incitement of hatred and discrimination
which proposes reforms designed to increase
protection against incitement to hatred and hostility, and
provide clarity over what the law prohibits.
The
Ministry is seeking public feedback from the public on the
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