8 H U M A N R I G H T S COMMISSION | A FAIR GO FOR ALL? • Treasury • Department of Labour • State Services Commission • Tertiary Education Commission • New Zealand Qualifications Authority AUT University, and Kim Workman from Rethinking Crime and Punishment. Discussion and input from the Diversity Forum participants and additional research and recommendations via consultations have informed the content of the final report. Researchers This paper was researched and prepared by the • Auckland University of Technology Commission’s Race Relations Policy Analyst, Catriona • University of Waikato Scannell, and Elli Nagai-Rothe, who undertook an internship with the Commission as a Research Fellow • Pharmac. on a Fulbright Scholarship in 2011. Following a period The discussions centred on the following key questions: of consultation, it was revised and completed by the Commission’s Senior Race Relations Policy Analyst, • What are the structural barriers that may contribute to ethnic inequalities in your area of work? • What interventions has your agency developed to address these structural barriers? • How effective have these interventions been so far? Thirty-five individuals were interviewed between May and July 2011. These semi-structured interviews and the information shared by the above agencies and organisations informed the structure and content of this discussion paper. All participants in this project were sent a draft of this paper for review prior to it being finalised. They are not however responsible for the content. The Commission hosted inter-agency workshops in July and September 2011 to share its findings and generate conversation between agencies. They provided an opportunity for agencies to learn from each others’ experiences in developing, implementing and evaluating initiatives that address structural barriers. The Commission aims to encourage increased and ongoing collaboration between agencies on this issue. This paper served as the focal point for a forum on structural discrimination at the annual New Zealand Diversity Forum in August 2011. The Commission facilitated further discussion on the topic and gathered additional input from non-governmental organisations and community members. Invited speakers were Professor Linda Te Aho of Waikato University, Ruth de Souza from Dr Judith Pryor.