Media Release: Is NZ First beginning to see sense? A ban on fireworks replaces attacks on trans community.
Tuesday, 5 November, 2025
Latest
Rights Aotearoa Newsletter #6
Letter to Stephen Rainbow re: Urgent Request for Public Statement on Draft Health and Physical Education Curriculum
Letter to Hon Erica Stanford Re: Draft Health and Physical Education Curriculum – Human Rights Concerns Regarding Erasure of LGBTTQIA+ Content
Media Release: Draft Curriculum Erases Rainbow Students and Breaches Human Rights Obligations
Media Release: Rights Aotearoa Demands Urgent Investigation into Alleged Torture of Children at Gloriavale
Letter to Hon Louise Upston - Urgent Investigation Required – Alleged Torture of Children at Gloriavale
Media Releases
Media Release: Is NZ First beginning to see sense? A ban on fireworks replaces attacks on trans community.
Tuesday, 5 November, 2025
Media Release: Draft Curriculum Erases Rainbow Students and Breaches Human Rights Obligations
Media Release: Rights Aotearoa Calls on Government to Reject Social Media Age Ban
MEDIA RELEASE – Broadcasting standards must protect all New Zealanders – regardless of platform
Media Release: Rights Aotearoa's CEO Files Complaint with New Zealand Media Council Over Stuff Opinion Column
Media Release: Rights Aotearoa calls for united Opposition commitment to repeal the Regulatory Standards Act in the first 30 days of any future left-wing coalition government, should the Bill become law.
Media Release: "Discomfort Is Not Harm": Rights Group Slams Bill That Would Jail Peaceful Protesters to Shield Politicians from Accountability
Letters
Letter to Stephen Rainbow re: Urgent Request for Public Statement on Draft Health and Physical Education Curriculum
I write to you both as the Chief Executive of Rights Aotearoa and as a fellow advocate for human rights in Aotearoa, regarding a matter of urgent concern that falls squarely within the Commission's mandate to promote and protect human rights in New Zealand.
Letter to Hon Erica Stanford Re: Draft Health and Physical Education Curriculum – Human Rights Concerns Regarding Erasure of LGBTTQIA+ Content
Letter to Hon Louise Upston - Urgent Investigation Required – Alleged Torture of Children at Gloriavale
Letter to the Chief Human Rights Commissioner re Ia Tangata
Letter to Paul Goldsmith re the Law Commission's R150 - Ia Tangata.
Meeting Request: Transparency and Leadership Accountability at the Human Rights Commission
Formal Complaint to Stuff re: The Hui episode on gender
Submissions
Oral Submission to the Governance and Administration Select Committee Against The Public Service Amendment Bill 2025
Rights Aotearoa - Paul Thistoll, CEO
SUBMISSION TO THE JUSTICE COMMITTEE Summary Offences (Demonstrations Near Residential Premises) Amendment Bill
Rights Aotearoa's Submission on the Draft Standard Code of Conduct for Local Government
Rights Aotearoa's Submission to the People's Select Committee on the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2025
Countering Hate Speech Aotearoa Submission to the Law Commission's Ia Tangata Project
SUBMISSION TO THE FINANCE AND EXPENDITURE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE AMENDMENT BILL 2025
