Colin Henry, a veteran human rights lawyer, says since he migrated to New Zealand he has repeatedly failed to land a job commensurate with his experience. The New Zealand citizen, originally from the Carribean, recently stalled the appointment of a Race Relations Commissioner when he sued the Minister of Justice over the selection process. The search for a new Commissioner has resumed after his application for interim injunction at the High Court in Auckland was thrown out. He agreed with recent comments made by New Plymouth's former mayor, Andrew Judd, who told Radio NZ New Zealanders "view ourselves as some utopian country on race relations whereas we're actually just polite racists". Polite racism was no better than overt racism, Nakhid said, because it still reduced people's access to opportunities.

Source: Stuff November 24, 2018 02:37 UTC