The decision by police not to charge a woman who hurled racial abuse and physically assaulted a Maori woman at Owairaka/Mount Albert is being described as racist and will be legally challenged.
Ngahina Hohaia says she was verbally and physically attacked in June when she asked the owner of a dog if she could put her animal on a leash.
Owairaka/Mount Albert is at the centre of heated protests over the felling of 345 exotic trees to make way for native plants.
Khylee Quince is an associate professor at AUT's School of Law and will be appealing to the Solicitor General this week on behalf of Hohaia.
