Oral Submission to the Governance and Administration Select Committee Against The Public Service Amendment Bill 2025
Rights Aotearoa - Paul Thistoll, CEO
RIghts Aotearoa
Media Release: Rights Aotearoa's CEO Files Complaint with New Zealand Media Council Over Stuff Opinion Column
Rights Aotearoa CEO has lodged a formal complaint with the New Zealand Media Council regarding an opinion column published by Stuff titled "Chlöe Swarbrick: How Should We Define Her Contribution to Politics" (12 October 2025).
Opinion Piece: The Death of the Marketplace—Reimagining Free Speech as a Discursive Ecosystem
Opinion by our CEO Paul Thistoll
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.
The select committee's report, released yesterday, represents only cosmetic adjustments to legislation that remains fundamentally unconstitutional, anti-democratic, and catastrophically harmful to human rights and Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Rights Aotearoa Newsletter #3
It's Been a Week
Media Release: "Discomfort Is Not Harm": Rights Group Slams Bill That Would Jail Peaceful Protesters to Shield Politicians from Accountability
A Government bill that would see peaceful protesters jailed for up to three months represents a dangerous attack on democratic accountability and will disproportionately silence marginalised communities, Rights Aotearoa warned today.
SUBMISSION TO THE JUSTICE COMMITTEE Summary Offences (Demonstrations Near Residential Premises) Amendment Bill
Rights Aotearoa opposes the Summary Offences (Demonstrations Near Residential Premises) Amendment Bill in its entirety and urges the Justice Committee to recommend that Parliament reject it.