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Letter to Stephen Rainbow re: Urgent Request for Public Statement on Draft Health and Physical Education Curriculum

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 Erica Stanford Re: Draft Health and Physical Education Curriculum – Human Rights Concerns Regarding Erasure of LGBTTQIA+ Content

I write to you regarding the draft Health and Physical Education curriculum content released on 28 October 2025, and to express Rights Aotearoa's extremely grave concerns that the draft framework fails to meet New Zealand's domestic and international human rights obligations.

Letter to Hon Louise Upston - Urgent Investigation Required – Alleged Torture of Children at Gloriavale

Letter to Hon Louise Upston - Urgent Investigation Required – Alleged Torture of Children at Gloriavale

I write on behalf of Rights Aotearoa regarding the recently reported child disciplinary practices at Gloriavale, specifically the hand-over-mouth technique described in the New Zealand Herald on 27 October 2025

Letter to the Chief Human Rights Commissioner re Ia Tangata

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.

Letter to Paul Goldsmith re the Law Commission's R150 - Ia Tangata.

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.

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

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

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

Formal Complaint to Stuff re: The Hui episode on gender

Formal Complaint to Stuff re: The Hui episode on gender

"Sex v gender: Global debate over definition of a woman" (Published on Stuff.co.nz) – Egregious Breach of Media Council Principles Through Material Misstatement of Law