provide practical support to the Muslim community. We strongly supported the Muslim community’s call for a coordinated, culturally sensitive and community-responsive process. We alerted the Government to the need for a more coordinated and people-centred response by social services to meet the immediate and longer-term needs of the Muslim community. The Commission continues to engage with the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Attack on Christchurch Mosques. We expressed concerns about its process and encouraged as much engagement as possible with the affected communities. We organised workshops to help those wanting to make a submission. We continue our efforts to more fully mainstream human rights into New Zealand’s strategies and policies to help our country and communities recover and become stronger, safer and more united. In June 2019, the Commission published It Happened Here: Reports of race and religious hate crime in New Zealand 2004-2012. This brought together for the first time our annual summaries of the media reports on racially and religiously motivated crime between 2004 and 2012 and aims to deepen understanding and inform discussion about the race and religious hate crimes faced by many New Zealanders. Impact • Anti-racism campaign: A social media post on the Commission’s Facebook page about our Give Nothing to Racism campaign after the Christchurch mosque attacks, went viral reaching 2 million people. It was liked, shared or commented on by 35,000 people. Acknowledgements The Commission is grateful to former Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres, for his professional counsel and support13 to the Commission after the Christchurch attacks pending the appointment of a Race Relations Commissioner. • The Commission facilitated the Human Rights and Te Tiriti o Waitangi – the Treaty belongs to us all workshop with 40 interns on the Tupu Tai Pasifika Public Sector Internship Programme. Tupu Tai is an interagency initiative that supports Pasifika students to explore career pathways in the public sector. The EEO Commissioner was the keynote speaker. The Commission’s Pasifika Advisor also co-presented with MBIE’s Pacific Policy Manager on human rights and Pasifika worker rights in the public service to the TupuToa internship programme of 170 young Mäori and Pacific young people. • The Commission and the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand wrote to 130,000 teachers promoting Give Nothing to Racism messaging as a useful teaching tool to combat racism and promote inclusivity. • Over the past 18 years, the Race Unity speech awards have provided young people with a space to deepen their understanding of race relations issues and share their views on how we can all help to promote unity in Aotearoa. The awards are led by the Baha’i Community with support from the Human Rights Commission and others. 13 Temporary Race Relations Advisor from March – August 2019 26 Human Rights Commission