New Zealand is a racist place, say participants at an ethnicity forum - but views are divided on whether the problem is a lack of tolerance across the board or white institutional racism against people of colour.
Auckland mayor Len Brown told a conference on racism convened by Auckland Council's Ethnic People's Advisory Panel at AUT University last month that racism existed in New Zealand and Auckland, and that it should be combated.
But controversial incoming Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy addressed the packed conference room and said she hoped to "make a difference" in her five-year term.
Producer: Hola Samani; Reporter Michaela Guy
NZ ‘racist’ but views divided over power of Kiwi gatekeepers
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