Tensions are bubbling between the Government and its chief legal adviser, Solicitor-General Una Jagose, over new prosecution guidelines.

The 200-page document asks prosecutors to think carefully about particular decisions where a person is Māori - a directive at odds with the Coalition’s view of race relations. Senior political reporter Bridie Witton has the story. | Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2JPg8oB


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