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Paul Hunt is Chief Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission

Scrutiny of NZ’s human rights record is coming here, and we should welcome it

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Independent experts will soon arrive in New Zealand to assess our human rights record. We should embrace these visits as a chance to do better, writes chief human rights commissioner Paul Hunt. A strong democracy, at ease with itself, welcomes constructive scrutiny. That’s why as a country we should be able to welcome the arrival of … Read more

The dangers of ‘one of us’: The Chief Human Rights Commissioner on othering

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A recent Dominion Post column attacked British-born Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt as not ‘one of us’. It’s a phrase we should all feel uncomfortable with, writes Hunt, wherever we come from. Not long after I took up office as Chief Human Rights Commissioner, a newspaper columnist complained that I am not “one of … Read more