Complaint made to HRC over race-based policy

A North Waikato land owner has made a complaint to the Human Rights Commission about the Waikato Regional Council's proposed Plan Change 1, which would allow iwi to develop land and change land use when everyone else with similar land is denied the same right. Click HERE to read a news report on this issue.

The last words go to Tauranga journalist and New Zealand history enthusiast, Ryan Wood, who in a recent opinion piece, writes:

“We could stop living in the past and start seeing each other as fellow humans, we could maybe even start addressing the real cause of inequality in our society…..”

To read Ryan’s article, please click HERE.

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COMMISSION ON A MISSION TO DESTROY DEMOCRACY

Jun 10, 2023

Proponents of the campaign to embed separate race-based systems at all levels of government in New Zealand - whereby tangata whenua govern themselves and the Crown govern the others - as suggested in the Matike Mai and He Puapua reports - came one step closer to realising their goal by having the Crown entity The NZ Human Rights Commission state that it is proud to publish a report which makes the preposterous claim that that the elimination of racism will not occur without promoting race-based constitutional change and co-governance with Māori. Continue reading

Human Rights Commission partners with Iwi Chairs’ Forum

Apr 05, 2023

The Human Rights Commission (HRC) is supposedly an independent Crown entity, but this is no longer the case. It appears to be greatly influenced by the National Iwi Chairs’ Forum, a group seeking a profound change to the existing political order. Continue reading

Update on complaints re ‘Land of the Long White Cloud’ series

Dec 12, 2019

There has been a disappointing response from the Race Relations Commissioner in relation to complaints made by members of the public about the a seven-part series published by the NZ Herald - “Land of the Long White Cloud – confronting NZ’s colonial past”. The commission has turned a blind eye to the series’ negative effect on race relations, instead lamely suggesting the correspondent contact the Media Council, or complain to the independent Human Rights Review Tribunal. Please see below a typical response received by a member of the public: Continue reading

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