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)
Media Releases
Media Release: Seymour Weaponised Office to Harass Academics, Luxon Must Act
Thursday, 26 June 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WELLINGTON, NZ – In a letter sent to the Prime Minister today, Rights Aotearoa condemns Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour for weaponising his office to launch a vicious online harassment campaign against academics. This is not free speech; it is a state-sanctioned pile-on designed
Media Release: Rights Aotearoa Applauds Human Rights Commission's Powerful Stand Against Regulatory Standards Bill
We commend the Commission for reinforcing the fundamental truth that there is no hierarchy of human rights, and that all human rights are indivisible.
Media Release: RNZ's Editorial Failures and Posthumous Erasure of Transgender Identity Demand Urgent Action
There is only one person responsible for transforming the life of Alex—a young man who was failed by numerous people and agencies—into a political football, and that person is Fern Hickson of Resist Gender Education NZ. Fern Hickson desires a world without transgender people...
Media Release: Rights Aotearoa Demands Immediate Action Over RNZ's Unconscionable Misrepresentation of Deceased Trans Youth
Radio New Zealand has published one of the most ethically bankrupt pieces of journalism in its history, systematically erasing the identity of a deceased transgender youth to advance an anti-trans agenda orchestrated by known anti-transgender activist and bigot Fern Hickson.
Media Release: 2 yrs since BDMRR came into force
Curiously, the sky has not fallen in.
MEDIA RELEASE: Rights Aotearoa Demands Urgent Re-evaluation of Regulatory Standards Bill's Human Rights Impact
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Leading Human Rights NGO Calls Ministry of Justice Assessment "Dangerously Superficial" and "Constitutionally Incoherent"
WELLINGTON, 4 June 2025 – Rights Aotearoa, New Zealand's leading NGO devoted to promoting and defending universal human rights, today called on Attorney-General Judith Collins KC to urgently