We invite your input on six Government proposals to make Aotearoa New Zealand safer for everyone, by strengthening the provisions that protect groups from speech that incites hatred, and by improving protections against discrimination.
The incitement of hatred against a group based on a shared characteristic, such as ethnicity, religion or sexuality, is an attack on our values of inclusiveness and diversity. Such incitement is intolerable and has no place in our society.
The aims of the proposals are to:
The six proposals that we would like to hear your views on relate to:
Your feedback will help to inform decisions on whether and how to update our laws.
You can have your say by reviewing the Discussion Document and answering the specific questions relating to the six proposals.
Discussion Document: Proposals against incitement of hatred and discrimination [PDF, 408KB]
Submissions are open from 25 June to 6 August 2021. You can submit:
Please note that your feedback may be subject to a request to the Ministry of Justice for information under the Official Information Act 1982. Personal details can be withheld under the Act, including your name and address. If you do not want any information you provide to be released, please indicate this clearly and explain why. For example, you may wish for some information to be kept confidential because it is sensitive personal information. The Ministry of Justice will take your views into account when responding to such requests.
The Privacy Act 2020 governs how the Ministry collects, holds, uses, and discloses personal information about you and the information you provide. You have the right to access and correct personal information.
The Ministry will proactively release a summary of submissions. The summary will not include information that could identify individuals.
The Cabinet Paper can be accessed here:
Interim Impact Summary:
For an accessible version of this document, please contact humanrights@justice.govt.nz.
Read the Discussion Document – English [PDF, 408KB]
Read the Discussion Document – Te Rēo Māori [PDF, 339KB]
Read the Discussion Document – Large Print [PDF, 458KB]
Read the Discussion Document - Accessible [DOCX, 206KB]
Listen to an audio version of the Discussion Document [MP3, 12MB]
Video of the Discussion Document with New Zealand Sign Language
Braille version of the Discussion Document is available upon request. Please email humanrights@justice.govt.nz for a braille copy.
Easy Read version of the Discussion Document [DOCX, 9.6 MB]
Easy Read version of the Discussion Document [PDF, 2.9 MB]
Easy Read information uses words and pictures to present information in a way that is easier to understand.
Easy Read information has been developed to support people with learning disabilities better understand written information.
People who find Easy Read information useful include some people who:
This is an Easy Read translation of the discussion document. It covers some of the main issues in the discussion document, but not all of them.
Read the Summary Document - English [PDF, 328KB]
Read the Summary Document - Te Rēo Māori [PDF, 284KB]
Read the Summary Document - Large Print [PDF, 334KB]
Read the Summary Document - Accessible [DOCX, 181KB]
Listen to an audio version of the Summary Document [MP3, 5.27MB]
Braille version of the Summary Document is available upon request. Please email humanrights@justice.govt.nz for a braille copy.
Read the Discussion Document - Arabic [PDF, 497KB]
Read the Discussion Document - Bahasa (Indonesian) [PDF, 325KB]
Read the Discussion Document – Bahasa (Malaysian) [PDF, 351KB]
Read the Discussion Document - Bengali [PDF, 472KB]
Read the Discussion Document - Chinese (Simplified) [PDF, 413KB]
Read the Discussion Document - Chinese (Traditional) [PDF, 536KB]
Read the Discussion Document - Dari [PDF, 500KB]
Read the Discussion Document - Hindi [PDF, 414KB]
Read the Discussion Document - Korean [PDF, 587KB]
Read the Discussion Document - Pashto [PDF, 458KB]
Read the Discussion Document - Farsi [PDF, 1.2MB]
Read the Discussion Document - Samoan [PDF, 352KB]
Read the Discussion Document - Somali [PDF, 351KB]
Read the Discussion Document - Tongan [PDF, 370KB]
Read the Discussion Document - Turkish [PDF, 388KB]
Read the Discussion Document - Urdu [PDF, 653KB]
Read the Summary Document - Arabic [PDF, 311KB]
Read the Summary Document - Bahasa (Indonesian) [PDF, 264KB]
Read the Summary Document - Bahasa (Malaysian) [PDF, 227KB]
Read the Summary Document - Bengali [PDF, 354KB]
Read the Summary Document - Chinese (Simplified) [PDF, 390KB]
Read the Summary Document - Chinese (Traditional) [PDF, 581KB]
Read the Summary Document - Cook Island Māori [PDF, 272KB]
Read the Summary Document - Dari [PDF, 349KB]
Read the Summary Document - Farsi [PDF, 778KB]
Read the Summary Document - Fijian [PDF, 233KB]
Read the Summary Document - Gujarati [PDF, 356KB]
Read the Summary Document - Hindi [PDF, 357KB]
Read the Summary Document - Japanese [PDF, 412KB]
Read the Summary Document - Korean [PDF, 421KB]
Read the Summary Document - Niuean [PDF, 260KB]
Read the Summary Document - Pashto [PDF, 335KB]
Read the Summary Document - Samoan [PDF, 283KB]
Read the Summary Document - Somali [PDF, 282KB]
Read the Summary Document - Tagalog [PDF, 267KB]
Read the Summary Document - Tokelauan [PDF, 298KB]
Read the Summary Document - Tongan [PDF, 305KB]
Read the Summary Document - Turkish [PDF, 315KB]
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