Appendix Two – Human Rights
Commission consultation fono/
‘uipa’anga with Pacific peoples in 2018:
March 26 - 27 in AKL, April 3 in CHC and April 4 - 5 in
WLG
• In attendance: 75 people overall in Auckland,
Christchurch and Wellington.
• March 26 Mangere Arts Centre, Mangere Town
Centre, Auckland = 23
• March 27 Potters Park Events Centre, Balmoral,
Auckland = 17
• April 3 Canterbury DHB Community and Public
Health Aoraki Room, Christchurch = 15
Talanoa Discussion areas
• What did participants consider to be “human
rights”?
• Perspectives of different groups – such as young
people
• What is working for Pacific people, what isn’t?
• Where do we see human rights issues emerging?
• What do participants see as they key human rights
issues for Pacific peoples?
• April 4 Human Rights Commission Office,
Wellington = 5
• April 5 Porirua Union & Community Health Service,
Porirua, Wellington = 15
FIGURE A: Current Human Rights issues discussed by
perticipants at Commission Fono in 2018
FIGURE B: Future facing Human Rights issues
discussed by Fono participants
Issue
Issue
Right to an adequate standard of living
Future-facing human rights issues
Right to adequate housing
The environment and climate change
Right to be free from racism
Technological impacts on employment
Right to equal inclusion and participation in society
Online safety, security and privacy
Right to education
Refugees and asylum seekers
Right to physical and mental health
Human rights issues for young people aged 16-24
Right to be free from violence
Human rights issues for older people
Right to be free from discrimination
Pacific migrant settlement support
Right to freedom of opinion and expression
Right to employment
Rights under Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Settlement of Pacific migrants & newcomer
communities
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Talanoa: Human rights issues for Pacific peoples in Aotearoa New Zealand