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Police still have no reliable way of recording who is being targeted by hate crimes despite funding a dedicated team and hundreds of audits in the last year.
Inquiries by RNZ have found police are unable to say how many hate crimes targeted specific groups such as Maori or the rainbow community, nor what the specific hate crime was.
The Race Relations Commissioner wants progress sped up saying other countries can collect this data.
Ashleigh McCaull reports.