{"id":491092,"date":"2026-06-23T06:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T06:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/491092\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T06:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T06:29:11","slug":"investigation-into-human-rights-commissioner-stephen-rainbow-in-regard-to-conduct-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/491092\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation into Human Rights Commissioner Stephen Rainbow in regard to conduct concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GNHNC2AAYZEGXIFPLJNACLFI4Q.png\" alt=\"Adam Pearse\" class=\"rounded-full object-cover h-[3.4375rem] w-[3.4375rem] min-w-[3.4375rem]\" data-test-ui=\"author--details__image\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/author\/adam-pearse\/\" class=\"text-sys-text-dark underline underline-offset-3\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" data-test-ui=\"author--link\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Pearse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Deputy Political Editor\u00b7NZ Herald\u00b7<\/p>\n<p>23 Jun, 2026 04:55 AMQuick Read<\/p>\n<p>\u200c<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.Subscribe now<\/p>\n<p>\u200c<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"flex cursor-pointer items-center gap-1.5 text-black\" data-test-ui=\"social-link--bookmark-above\" aria-label=\"bookmark\" id=\"social-link--bookmark-above\">Save<\/a>Share this articleCopy LinkEmailFacebookTwitter\/XLinkedInReddit<\/p>\n<p data-test-ui=\"figure__caption\">Chief Human Rights Commissioner Dr Stephen Rainbow is being investigated over concerns regarding his conduct. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">An investigation into Chief Human Rights Commissioner Dr Stephen Rainbow is being launched over concerns raised regarding his conduct, according to Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In a statement, Goldsmith confirmed the investigation was taking place but did not elaborate on the concerns regarding Rainbow\u2019s conduct. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n         \u201cConcerns about the<br \/>\n         Chief Commissioner have been raised directly with me as the minister responsible for the Human Rights Commission,\u201d he said.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"KYZkfFLMYZDtBgBwd\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cFollowing advice from the Ministry of Justice, Kristy McDonald KC has been appointed to carry out an investigation into alleged conduct concerns and report back to me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"KYZkfFLMYZDtBgBwd\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIn accordance with the principles of fair process and natural justice for the parties involved, it would be inappropriate for me to comment any further.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adam Pearse Deputy Political Editor\u00b7NZ Herald\u00b7 23 Jun, 2026 04:55 AMQuick Read \u200c Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":491093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3225,682,3937,14903,10709,34749,40623,42,16420,78,296,12898,6148,1743,6722,43,1523,17357,96462,2081,46912,51721,12718,18150,61,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-491092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-according","tag-being","tag-chief","tag-commissioner","tag-concerns","tag-conduct","tag-goldsmith","tag-headlines","tag-human","tag-in","tag-into","tag-investigation","tag-justice","tag-launched","tag-minister","tag-news","tag-over","tag-paul","tag-rainbow","tag-raised","tag-regard","tag-regarding","tag-rights","tag-stephen","tag-to","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}