by Callum Purves of the Taxpayers Union
They say ‘less is more’, but the Human Rights Commission (HRC) took it a bit too literally when its website redesign amounted to little more than a change of colour scheme and a new tool to ‘help’ New Zealanders appreciate the HRC and its work. Our Investigations Co-ordinator, Ollie Bryan, revealed earlier this week that HRC has spent $417,962 on the new site.
One of the few changes is a new tab on their home page called ‘Take a Moment’. We pointed out that all this button did was take you to a plain blue screen and a pulsing HRC logo… and nothing else.
Soon after our story was covered in the media, the HRC quickly updated this page. The page now includes relaxing music, soothing bird song and calming animations. I’m not sure they quite understood the point we were making…
Given that taxpayers like you, dear reader, paid $417,962 for the privilege, your humble Taxpayers’ Union encourages you to ‘take a moment’ and appreciate what your money is being spent on…
The HRC’s ultra expensive new webpage
With so many pressing needs in our society – the cost of living, healthcare and education in crisis, and infrastructure falling apart – these sort of vanity projects really make us wonder whether the Human Rights Commission itself needs to ‘take a moment’…
Absolutely disgusting. What a bloody waste of taxpayer money. This irresponsible spending is wasteful and unnecessary. This government is spending money like there is no tomorrow. VOTE THEM OUT!
And lets face it many don’t read maori. And wouldn’t waste our time learning it.