Khylee Quince

Internationally ground-breaking research from inside the police force has quantified the difference between how Māori and Pākehā are treated when it comes to law Audio

More research is underway into bias within the police ranks. Last week - police released a progress report on their work to date, led by an independent panel. That panel, chaired by long-term justice… Audio

A discharge without conviction can spare a person guilty of a crime years of struggle and stigma. 

RNZ can reveal Pākehā are granted more each year than any other group. 

As part of new series Is… Audio

Today's Bookmarks guest is Khylee Quince, Associate Professor and Director of Māori and Pacific Advancement at AUT School of Law.  Audio

A prominent Māori academic says unintended systemic racism is a reason why Māori got Work and Income's Covid relief payment at a much lower rate than Pākehā.

Official figures from June to August show… Audio

A Supreme Court decision allowing a continuing appeal for a person who has died has set the legal world alight. The court has granted the appeal of child sex offender Peter Ellis despite his death.

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Questions have been raised after a mother who escaped managed isolation in July received a harsher sentence compared to those given to other escapees.

The 37-year-old woman who, along with her four… Audio

The decision by police not to charge a woman who hurled racial abuse and physically assaulted a Maori woman at Owairaka/Mount Albert is being described as racist and will be legally challenged.

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Māni Dunlop speaks to political commentator and Director of Maori and Pacific Advancement at AUT's School of Law, Khylee Quince, about the new leadership team. Audio

The Panel discusses 'Cancel culture' or 'Call out culture'. Audio

Could the #BlackLivesMatter protests, spurred by the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police, be a catalyst for police reform here in Aotearoa? It's long overdue, according to Khylee Quince… Audio

There have been 100 internal investigations by the New Zealand Police into the use of excessive force on young people since 2015. Two resulted in assault charges, and one in a conviction, according to… Audio

The new National Party Leader Todd Muller has been criticised this week for putting only white faces on his re-jigged front bench. 

The highest ranked Māori MP in his caucus is former Deputy leader… Audio

The Prime Minister says rolling tangihanga will be allowed under alert level two, after backlash from Māori over a limit of 10 people.

On Monday Jacinda Ardern said the tangi and funeral limit would… Audio

Māori leaders are alarmed that armed police squads set up to tackle serious crime will also deal with low-level offending.

They say it was overkill that armed officers in Hamilton stopped a car and… Audio

Beneficiary advocates say the Ministry of Social Development needs to hurry up and scrap a sanction that is overwhelmingly penalising Māori, and leaving children hungry.

The use of the sanction… Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal wants the government to urgently repeal a law preventing prisoners from voting so they can take part in the next election.  Audio

A Māori law specialist says Oranga Tamariki is at a crisis point and there needs to be urgent institutional change to allow Māori to be in charge of their own whānau.

Hundreds of protesters rallied… Audio

Aucklanders are hoping health, education and housing will be big ticket items in the 2019 government Budget.

Others say poverty, transport and the justice system could also do with some attention.

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