The Panel with Bernard Hickey and Tayyaba Khan (Part 1)

The Panelists confront the uncomfortable possibility that New Zealand is a racist country. Respected historian and writer Dame Anne Salmond says New Zealanders need to look racism directly in the eye and stop pretending its not there. She says the idea of white supremacy is part of who we are and is based on on arrogance, and ignorance. She urges us to name it for what it is, challenge it when we see it and "replace it with better ways of being Kiwi". An inquiry into the agencies associated with New Zealand's national intelligence is to get underway. White supremacist groups have sprung up in the West with many responsible for killings around the world. Investigative reporter David Fisher says these activities on and off line should have sounded warning bells here, ahead of the Christchurch mosque attacks. The role that social media played in the spread of a video of the Christchurch attacks has become a prime focus of the analyis of the event. Questions are being raised about the willingness of the big tech companies to face their responsibilities in the online world. Alistair Knott of the University of Otago presents some possible strategies for identifying and road-blocking violent content.