The dissenting doctor takes issue with New Zealand’s Human Rights Commission and its insistence on turning the the issue of affordable housing into a human rights matter. And why New Zealand even needs a commission for human rights could be the topic for a future article.

Bureaucrats and politicians love human rights to tangible benefits, as well as the designation of a situation as a crisis (rather than, say, a problem), because they suggest the need for immediate and drastic action—by themselves, it goes without saying. Such human rights and perceived crises give them the justification to seize control.