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A year after New Zealand's first COVID-19 lockdown, discrimination and racism are on the rise

  • Written by Jagadish Thaker, Senior Lecturer, School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing, Massey University
A year after New Zealand's first COVID-19 lockdown, discrimination and racism are on the riseShutterstock/Chingfoto

More than two in five New Zealanders (41%) say incidents of racism have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a national survey carried out in February and March this year.

The experience of racism is skewed towards Māori, Pasifika and people of Asian descent, about half of whom say racism has been on the...

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