Tüi Tüi Tuituiä Race Relations in 2007 Human Rights Commission Te Kähui Tika Tangata www.hrc.co.nz Commission offiCes Tämaki Makaurau – Auckland 10th Floor, Tower Centre, Cnr Queen and Customs Streets PO Box 6751, Wellesley Street, Tämaki Makaurau Auckland 1141 Waea Telephone (09) 309 0874 Waea Whakähua Fax (09) 377 3593 Te Whanganui ä Tara – Wellington 8th Floor, Vogel Building, 8 Aitken Street PO Box 12411, Thorndon, Te Whanganui ä Tara Wellington 6144 Waea Telephone (04) 473 9981 Waea Whakähua Fax (04) 471 6759 Otautahi – Christchurch Ground Floor, KPMG at Cranmer, 34-36 Cranmer Square PO Box 1578, Otautahi Christchurch 8140 Waea Telephone (03) 379 2015 Waea Whakähua Fax (03) 353 0959 Human Rights Commission InfoLine 0800 496 877 (toll free) Language Line (an interpreting service) is available upon request TTY (teletypewriter) 0800 150 111 Fax (09) 377 3593 (Attn: InfoLine)
[email protected] www.hrc.co.nz The cover artwork was produced by Shadow Factory for the Human Rights Commission’s Race Relations Day poster, titled: We all sit under the same stars. Photography: Tony Gan, Asian Magazine & Fotolia.com Design: Derek Ventling, Gang Design, www.gang.co.nz ISBN: 978-0-478-28645-8 Published in March 2008 Aotearoa New Zealand The Human Rights Commission • Facilitating the New Zealand Diversity Action and Race Relations Programme, and maintaining programme networks for issues such as interfaith cooperation, media, language The main functions of the Human Rights Commission policy and refugees under the Human Rights Act 1993 are to promote and protect human rights; to encourage the development • Organising the annual New Zealand Diversity Forum of harmonious relations; to promote equal employment • Acknowledging positive contributions to race relations opportunities; and to provide a dispute resolution service through the award of certifi cates and the publication of for complaints of discrimination on the grounds (among the awards in a widely distributed monthly e-newsletter others) of colour, race, and ethnic or national origins.