Itiiti Rearea, Kahika Teitei, Ka Taea Big change starts small: the smallest bellbird is able to climb to the heights of the tallest Kahika tree (Our Race Relations Day theme 2015) This year we have seen significant improvements in the way we monitor our human rights performance as a nation with the online publication of New Zealand’s Human Rights National Plan of Action (NPA). The NPA sets out our Government’s actions in response to New Zealand's second Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Publishing the NPA as an interactive, easily updateable, online tool is an innovative way of demonstrating how our Government is doing when it comes to improving human rights for all New Zealanders. This is about increasing government accountability through transparency. Its publication is just the beginning; the NPA is also a useful tool for government agencies and civil society for reporting, monitoring and advocacy. The NPA will be used as the basis of the mid-point UPR review and will include actions in response to future United Nations Treaty Body reviews of our Government’s human rights performance. Internationally, the way the Commission has linked the publication of the NPA to the conclusion of the UPR cycle is a world first. It has created significant overseas interest as a new way to monitor government actions in response to UPR recommendations they have accepted. The Commission continued to implement its communications and engagement strategy by using data visualisation to make our reports more accessible. Our web-based monitoring and reporting tool, Tracking Equality at Work (TEW) was published online, and the Crown Entities Good Employer online report used data visualisation for the second time. The Good Employer report, TEW, and NPA all contribute to the Commission building an evidence based, comprehensive picture of human rights progress that’s accessible and easy to understand. We also launched a refreshed, easy to navigate website that provides an engaging platform for our tracking and reporting tools. It integrates all of our digital content (website, newsletter, social media, video) showcasing the Commission’s human rights work across many platforms. In the face of an unprecedented number of displaced people in the world, this year’s Race Relations Day saw the Commission call on our Government to increase New Zealand’s refugee quota for the first time in 27 years. Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae hosted a Race Relations Day celebration at Government House in Auckland for migrant and refugee youth and their families. The Commission continued its work co-ordinating the Independent Monitoring Mechanism for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The Disability Commissioner has worked with partners to improve the rights of disabled people, with a particular focus on the inclusion in schools of disabled students, the rights of disabled people to make their own decisions (with support), and ending long-term seclusion practices in health facilities. The Commission continued to advocate for respect for human rights across a wide range of issues, including race relations; counter terrorism; 6 Human Rights Commission