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The Māori Council is stepping up its campaign to put pressure on the police to stop sending Māori to prison for low-level drug offences now the cannabis referendum looks certain to fail.
Today it is sending letters to the Commissioner of Police Andy Coster, Deputy Commissioner Wally Haumaha, and Minister of Police Stuart Nash, to a attend the council's national hui to urgently address the issue.
It says there's been little reduction in prosecution for cannabis offences despite the government's law change last year giving the police discretionary powers not to follow through with an arrest.
New Zealand Māori Council chief executive is Matthew Tukaki.
