NZ: New Police Minister wants more diversity but treads softly around race

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New Police Minister wants more diversity but treads softly around race

Nov 23 2020

Expectations are high for the country’s first female Pasifika Police Minister Poto Williams to address acknowledged unconscious bias within the police service.

Williams’ predecessor Stuart Nash said there wasn’t systemic racism in the police, a view contradicted by the then Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis and Police Commissioner Andrew Coster.

During the Black Lives Matter protests Coster acknowledged poor outcomes for Māori in particular, saying, “We need to make sure that we’re not part of the problem, and we’re part of the solution.”

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/cri...ly-around-race

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