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Media Release: Rights Aotearoa Applauds Human Rights Commission's Powerful Stand Against Regulatory Standards Bill

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

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

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

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

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

Media Release: From Tobaccogate to Gendergate: Casey Costello's Pattern of Ideology Over Evidence Continues.

Media Release: From Tobaccogate to Gendergate: Casey Costello's Pattern of Ideology Over Evidence Continues.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Tuesday, 3 June 2025 Wellington, New Zealand – Rights Aotearoa today strongly condemned Associate Health Minister Casey Costello for issuing a discriminatory directive targeting trans and non-binary pregnant people without any evidence, consultation, or regard for human rights – the latest in a disturbing pattern of ideological decision-making.