Hate Crime

Question 1

What is Te Raranga?

Answer 1

Recommendation from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the March 15 2019 Christchurch attack which directs police to train staff around hates motivated events

Question 2

What is the Police working definition of a hate crime?

Answer 2

” Any offence which is perceived, by the Victim or any other person, to be motivated, wholly or in part, by a hostility or prejudice based on a person’s particular characteristic, such as race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, disability or age.”

Question 3

What is not criminal Hate speech

Answer 3

When it falls short of a criminal threshold. This is considered “awful but lawful” and should still be recorded as a hate incident

Question 4

What are the three Principles

Answer 4

1. RECOGNISE
2. RECORD
3. RESPOND

Question 5

Section 131 of Humans Rights Act 1993

Answer 5

Evey person commits an offence when inciting racial disharmony

Question 6

Section 132 of Human Rights Act 1993

Answer 6

No prosecution for an offence against 131 of this Act shall be instituted without the consent of the Attorney-General