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Media Release: Rights Aotearoa's CEO Files Complaint with New Zealand Media Council Over Stuff Opinion Column

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).

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: 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.

Media Release: "Discomfort Is Not Harm": Rights Group Slams Bill That Would Jail Peaceful Protesters to Shield Politicians from Accountability

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.

Media Release: Rights Aotearoa welcomes Race Relations Commissioner Dr Melissa Derby’s comments that hate speech protections must extend to religious groups and LGBTQIA+ Communities

Media Release: Rights Aotearoa welcomes Race Relations Commissioner Dr Melissa Derby’s comments that hate speech protections must extend to religious groups and LGBTQIA+ Communities

Rights Aotearoa welcomes Race Relations Commissioner Dr Melissa Derby’s comments on TVNZ's Q&A program yesterday.

Media Release: Rights Aotearoa utterly condemns the Free Speech Union for bringing anti-transgender campaigner Helen Joyce to New Zealand

Media Release: Rights Aotearoa utterly condemns the Free Speech Union for bringing anti-transgender campaigner Helen Joyce to New Zealand

For immediate release 2 October 2025

Media Release: Media Council Upholds Complaint Against RNZ Over Coverage of Transgender Teen's Death

Media Release: Media Council Upholds Complaint Against RNZ Over Coverage of Transgender Teen's Death

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1 October 2025

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 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.