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Goct.nz claims that the NZ Human Rights Act protects the category of gender identity contrary to advice from the Human Rights Commission.

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From: Jan Rivers

Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

This page states, wrongly according to my understanding of the law, https://www.govt.nz/browse/law-crime-and..., that gender identity is included in the anti-discrimination provisions of the NZ Human Rights Act.

However the Law Commission is currently working on Terms of Reference to consider if and how people with a transgender or non-binary status should be protected under the law. In other legal provisions it is these people who are argued to have a 'gender identity'.

Please can you advise the reasoning behind this claim and provide any communications between the Department and third parties as well as within the department explaining the rationale for providing this information on the all of goverment website.

Yours faithfully,

Jan Rivers

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Tēnā koe,

 

Please see attached for the response to your Official Information Act 1982
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Ngā mihi,

 

Louise Walton [1](she/her) | Senior Advisor, Ministerial and Official
Correspondence

Ministerial Monitoring and Capability

Toi Hiranga | Regulation & Policy
Te Tari Taiwhenua | The Department of Internal Affairs

45 Pipitea Street, Wellington | [2]www.dia.govt.nz

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