新西兰警方因要求警员接受有关根据可能具有主观性的法律识别“仇恨言论”的培训而面临批评。 New Zealand Police face criticism for requiring officers to undergo training on identifying "hate speech" under potentially subjective laws.

新西兰国家警察总部受到澳大利亚首都地区政党正义发言人Todd Stephenson的批评, 他要求警官接受有关识别和回应“仇恨言论”的培训。 New Zealand Police National Headquarters has been criticised by ACT party's Justice spokesperson, Todd Stephenson, for requiring officers to undergo training on identifying and responding to "hate speech." Stephenson对培训材料中不符合刑事门槛的事例和关于非攻击性事件被记录为“仇恨事件”的报道表示关切。 Stephenson is concerned about examples in training materials that do not meet criminal thresholds and reports of non-offensive incidents being recorded as "hate incidents." 仇恨言论法的主观性质引起了对言论自由的关切,1970年代根据现行法律,最后一次成功起诉了言论自由。 The subjective nature of hate speech laws raises concerns about freedom of expression, with the last successful prosecution under existing laws in the 1970s.