Hate crimes against Muslims spiked after the mosque attacks, and Ardern promises to make such abuse illegal
- Written by Chris Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Auckland
What is the relationship between hate crimes and terrorism?
Could we have predicted the terror attacks at Masjid Al Noor and the Linwood Islamic Centre on March 15 last year if we had been able to identify a rising number of verbal and physical attacks against Muslims in the preceding months and years?
In New Zealand, we currently can’t...





