This is the fourth annual review of race relations published by the Human Rights Commission. The reviews are intended to provide a record of the main events and developments in race relations each year, and to provide information and context for the ongoing public debate on this important issue, particularly in the lead up to Race Relations Day in March. The first three reviews were used last year to inform the five yearly consideration of New Zealand’s race relations performance by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.