Paul HuntNew Zealand needs to have a mature, considered conversation about racism, the chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt says. "New Zealand is a well-established democracy, and it should have the maturity to recognise that it has major human rights problems,'' Prof Hunt said. "When I took up the position of chief human rights commissioner a few weeks ago I felt a sense of complacency in New Zealand about the country's human rights situation. I hope that complacency has now evaporated, and it is no longer treasonable to ask what are New Zealand's major human rights problems?'' Earlier, Otago University Vice-Chancellor Harlene Hayne said when the university scheduled its Give Nothing to Racism week it could have had no idea how poignant and important the week would become.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 21, 2019 00:45 UTC