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Susan Devoy

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Dame Susan Devoy is the former NZ Race Relations Commissioner.

Residents pay respect by placing flowers for the victims of the mosques attacks in Christchurch on March 16, 2019. (TESSA BURROWS/AFP/Getty Images)

Hatred lives in New Zealand

The warning signs for yesterday's atrocity were everywhere, if only we'd looked – or listened to New Zealand's Muslim community, writes former race relations commissioner Susan Devoy.

By Susan Devoy | 16th March, 2019

Susan Devoy will leave the Human Rights Commission next month. Photo: The Hui

Susan Devoy: How the Human Rights Commission can rebuild trust

The race relations commissioner pays tribute to her colleagues and calls on those who failed staff in relation to sexual harassment allegations to do the right thing and step aside

By Susan Devoy | 27th May, 2018

Let Me Be Myself – The Life Story of Anne Frank opens at the Auckland Museum in February

Hate starts small: New Zealanders must not be bystanders to racism

Part of honouring our incredibly brave Holocaust survivors is calling out bigotry wherever we see it, on the street or online

By Susan Devoy | 26th January, 2018

Hanukkah Menorah

‘This is who we do not want to ever become’: Dame Susan Devoy on anti-Semitism in New Zealand

Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy responds to an anti-Semitic speech at an Auckland mosque.

By Susan Devoy | 31st October, 2017

Susan Devoy: Why I’m telling the UN about NZ’s immoral inaction on state care abuse

Susan Devoy: Why I’m telling the UN about NZ’s immoral inaction on state care abuse

'This is not my New Zealand.' Ahead of her speech to the UN this week, the Race Relations Commissioner calls on politicians to stand on principle and do right by the victims of institutional abuse.

By Susan Devoy | 16th August, 2017

Canterbury Rugby is taking responsibility and taking a stand, to rid the game of racial abuse

Canterbury Rugby is taking responsibility and taking a stand, to rid the game of racial abuse

Racist abuse is not welcome in our game. By launching We All Bleed Red, Canterbury has courageously become the first union to tackle discrimination head on in this way, writes Susan Devoy

By Susan Devoy | 3rd May, 2017

PORTSMOUTH, NH – DECEMBER 10: Protesters stand outside the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel where Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump is due to speak at the New England Police Benevolent Association Meeting December 10, 2015 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Trump recently called for a ban on all Muslims entering the United States until the vetting process could be improved. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images)

A warning to politicians: we will not let racism and division poison our New Zealand

We need to stand alongside Muslim New Zealanders in the wake of the US visa ban – and tell our decision makers we will not allow the politics of hatred and bigotry to become normalised here, writes race relations commissioner Susan Devoy.

By Susan Devoy | 30th January, 2017

Is our country’s heart as big as it was 72 years ago? We’ll soon find out

Is our country’s heart as big as it was 72 years ago? We’ll soon find out

New Zealanders need to stand up for refugees today, just as we did in the past, writes Dame Susan Devoy

By Susan Devoy | 7th March, 2016