16 Oct 2018

Victoria University lecturer takes racist emails to police

From Morning Report, 7:50 am on 16 October 2018

A Māori Language lecturer at Victoria University has complained to police after receiving what he calls a string of racist emails. One sender told Vini Olsen-Reeder te reo Māori was an ugly language used by former tattoo-wearing cannibals and he was insulting the citizens of Wellington by promoting it. Te Manu Korihi reporter Te Aniwa Hurihanganui has more.