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Criminal justice reform advocates call for change after newly published police data shows only 4 out of 10 hate crimes are being dealt with correctly. The police only started recording hate crimes after last year's terror attacks in Christchurch despite years of requests. But nearly half of those crimes are being wrongly downgraded from a criminal offence, to either "incidents" in which no crime was committed, or to lower level crimes. Philippa Tolley speaks with JustSpeak Co-chair Julia Whaipooti. Also Police Association President Chris Cahill.
