Political Participation for Everyone

Updated: December 2014
The top half of the cover is white with the HRC logo in the upper left corner and the title in the center. The bottom half is a large photo of a woman using New Zealand Sign Language in front of a video camera.

This 2012 report from the Human Rights Commission examines the inaccessibility of the voting and political system in New Zealand, and provides recommendations for improvement.

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