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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.

Rights Aotearoa Media Release: Law Commission report marks significant progress for the human rights of people who are transgender, people who are non-binary, and people with innate variations of sex characteristics.

Rights Aotearoa welcomes Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission's report Ia Tangata as a significant step forward in securing legal protections for people who are transgender, people who are non-binary, and people with innate variations of sex characteristics in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Countering Hate Speech Aotearoa Submission to the Law Commission's Ia Tangata Project

A review of the protections in the Human Rights Act 1993 for people who are transgender, people who are non-binary, and people with innate variations of sex characteristics.

SUBMISSION TO THE FINANCE AND EXPENDITURE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE AMENDMENT BILL 2025

From Rights Aotearoa

Our (expanded) oral Submission to the Education and Workforce Select Committee on the Education and Training Amendment Bill (No 2)

Oral Submission Opposing Academic Freedom and Institutional Neutrality Provisions That We Didn't Get to Give to the Committee

A public apology, the standards I’m adopting going forward, and an update on progressing justice against RNZ for Alex.

I’m writing to apologise unreservedly to the trans community and their allies. In a recent email to the CEO of RNZ, my clumsy wording accidentally implied that gender could have possibly contributed to the tragic death of a young man. That was certainly not my intent, and I am saying sorry.

Media Release: Cultural Suppression of te reo Māori by the Coalition Govt

Rights Aotearoa: Minister’s ban on te reo Māori in Year-1 readers breaches New Zealand’s human rights obligations

"Yes, Minister" Move Over: "En Attendant Minister" Sont Arrivés

Every Friday, we put out a satirical press release. This week is: Absurdist Theatre Meets New Zealand Politics as Rights Aotearoa CEO Waits 85 Days for Nothing - Twice.

Meeting Request: Transparency and Leadership Accountability at the Human Rights Commission

To Chief Legal Officer, Commissioners Walker and Pacheco, HRC.

Rights Aotearoa Utterly Condemns Winston Peters Repeated Use of the term 'Globalists', A Well-Worn Antisemitic Dog Whistle.

Media Release

One can't decide OIA withholding grounds in advance. It's not the Official Largesse Act

A very respectful response to Minister Van Velden

Gliding on (2026?) Minister's edition.

A note from Brooke Van Velden to—wait for it—Brooke Van Velden.

When the Free Speech Union Discovers the Delete Button: Rights Aotearoa's Position on Speech Rights

A meditation on irony, accountability, and the curious case of free speech absolutists who suddenly love complaints procedures

RIGHTS AOTEAROA CONDEMNS IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS THE GOVERNMENT'S ERASURE OF TRANS PEOPLE FROM SPORTING LIFE

A statement directed towards Hon Judith Collins KC, Attorney-General (CC: Dr Stephen Rainbow, Chief Human Rights Commissioner)