Media Release: Media Council Upholds Complaint Against RNZ Over Coverage of Transgender Teen's Death
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1 October 2025
RIghts Aotearoa
Rights Aotearoa Weekly Newsletter #1
Welcome to our very first newsletter hosted on Ghost.io
Rights Aotearoa's Submission on the Draft Standard Code of Conduct for Local Government
1. Introduction and Overview
1.1. Rights Aotearoa welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the Draft Standard Code of Conduct (the Draft Code) for members of local authorities, local boards, and community boards, developed pursuant to Clause 15, Schedule 7 of the Local Government Act 2002.
1.2. Rights
Letter to the Chief Human Rights Commissioner re Ia Tangata
I respectfully write to urge the Commission, under your leadership, to publicly call on the Government to adopt the recommendations of the Law Commission’s Ia Tangata report, and to do so by reference to New Zealand’s binding international human rights obligations.
Rights Aotearoa's Submission to the People's Select Committee on the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2025
In May 2025, under the cover of parliamentary urgency, the Government extinguished the employment rights of over 300,000 workers in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Yesterday, We Became Less of a Democracy
Yesterday, when Benjamin Doyle was forced from Parliament by sustained death threats and harassment, Aotearoa failed a fundamental test of democratic resilience.
Letter to Paul Goldsmith re the Law Commission's R150 - Ia Tangata.
Rights Aotearoa writes to you in response to correspondence you have received today from the Free Speech Union (FSU) NZ concerning the Law Commission’s recent report, Ia Tangata. Rights Aotearoa strongly supports the Commission’s recommendations to amend the Human Rights Act 1993.