ABOUT AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION The Human Rights Commission is New Zealand’s national human rights institution. We are the voice for human rights in Aotearoa. Our vision is to be a credible, effective, connected and highly valued organisation that makes human rights real and relevant within and outside the organisation, confident in its Te Tiriti o Waitangi-based aspiration and making a positive impact for all individuals, whānau, communities and iwi in Aotearoa. Human rights matter. As people we all have the right to be treated with dignity, to be free of discrimination or racist attacks, to have equality and to belong. It is our people and our diversity that makes Aotearoa New Zealand. ISSN: 0111-3607 (print) ISSN: 1178-1513 (online) Human Rights Commission Te Kāhui Tika Tangata The Office of Human Rights Proceedings Te Tari Whakatau Take Tiki Tangata December 2020 Cover image: Aotea Square during the Student Strike for the Climate march in Auckland in 2019. 2 Human Rights Commission Annual Report 2019/20