Before mosque attacks, NewZealand failed to record hate crime for years ChristchurchMosqueShooting
CHRISTCHURCH/WELLINGTON - Weeks before a gunman killed 50 Muslims in Christchurch, a man had threatened to burn copies of the Koran outside New Zealand mosques, in what community leaders said was the latest in a long list of threatening behaviour against religious minorities.
A suspected white supremacist has been charged with murder over the Christchurch shootings and will appear in court again on April 5. "When there is a hot spot in global events and when Muslims are involved...we do see the pulse of hate crime coming from certain members of the community," he said. "I listed it every year… I wrote at various points to government about it and it was simply said that it wasn't necessary and it wasn't a priority," Mr De Bres said.
Mr Little did not respond to Reuters' request for comment but told local media on Saturday that current hate speech laws were inadequate and he would work with officials to review the legislation, including considering whether a separate hate crime offence should be created. "There are hate speech laws in the Human Rights Act, but whether data should be collected is an operational matter for Police," a spokesman said.
One in 10 New Zealand adults have experienced hate speech online according to a 2018 study by Internet safety organisation Netsafe, with people of Asian descent or who identified as"other" ethnicity most affected.
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