Child Poverty Monitor 2014: Technical Report Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2014 This is the second year of the Child Poverty Monitor and this Technical Report provides data on a set of indicators that assess aspects of child…
What's Working: Improving equal employment opportunities in the public service Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2014 Equal employment opportunity (EEO) is about equality in the workplace. It is a human right to be treated fairly at every point of the employment process…
Making disability rights real: Second Report of the Independent Monitoring Mechanism of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2014 This second report of the Disability Convention Independent Monitoring Mechanism (IMM) details some of the experiences disabled people in New Zealand encounter each day. It highlights…
Race Relations in 2013 Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2014 Race Relations in 2013 is the tenth annual review of race relations published by the Human Rights Commission. Documenting the main developments in race relations and…
Monitoring Human Rights in the Earthquake Recovery Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2013 Human rights don’t disappear the moment an earthquake, a hurricane or a tsunami strikes. We witnessed after the Indian Ocean tsunami, the earthquake in Haiti and…
A New Era in the Right to Sign Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2013 In 2006, after many years of lobbying by the deaf community, the New Zealand Sign Language Act was passed, making New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) an…
Parents’, families and whānau contributions to education success Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2013 This paper looks at the impact parents, caregivers, families and whānau can have on children and young people’s learning and education success, and provides a rationale…
Race Relations in 2012 Last Publication Date: 01 May 2013 New Zealand’s compliance with international human rights treaties was considered by two United Nations treaty bodies in 2012 – the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural…
A framework for food in schools programmes in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 May 2013 This paper discusses the evidence for a Government-supported framework and how Government might partner with others. It includes a possible framework for strengthening food in school…
Our views matter: Children and young people talk about solutions to poverty Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012 Feedback from 278 children and young people from throughout New Zealand about their experiences of living in low socio-economic communities and their views on solutions to…