Jarvie said most people are annoyed by seeing age-based discrimination, but often don't take their complaint further because they are unsure how to. Although age-based discrimination seems to have flown under the radar, other types are common in New Zealand. The Human Rights Commission did not take issue with the wording of the advertisement. The Human Rights Commission said tattoos could identify a person as belonging to a specific ethnic group. Olivia Godfrey, a blind woman from Palmerston North, won a Human Rights Review Tribunal case against landlords Glenda and Philip Harvey.

Source: Stuff April 06, 2019 17:01 UTC