Little said he was fast-tracking a widespread review of New Zealand's existing hate speech legislation. Overall, there is no way of knowing how many offences are hate crimes and police do not even routinely record the ethnicity of victims. STUFF Justice Minister Andrew Little says the laws dealing with hate speech and human rights law, are "woefully inadequate". In the United Kingdom, hate crimes are recorded and prosecuted separately by the police, with figures reported annually. "We maintain that a discussion about our current hate speech laws is overdue, and that urgent action is required in relation to the recording of hate crimes."

Source: Stuff March 29, 2019 16:00 UTC