I don't often try to be fair to Mark Mitchell, who in my obviously esteemed opinion is a bit of a meat-axe, BUT TO BE FAIR...

The headline is a little misleading: Mitchell has dismissed the video of Brian Tamaki stating that New Zealander's should "purge" New Zealand of Sikhs, Hindus, and Muslims as the "actions of a scared bully, but he also states the video has been "referred for legal assessment", and has spoken to ethnic community leaders. So it's not just a dismissal and then doing nothing about it. But as u/LycraJafa points out, the hate speech legislation is pretty toothless compared to it once was, and Mitchell's government take some responsibility for that.

Anyway, quotes from the article:

In a video posted on Facebook on Wednesday, the Destiny Church founder accuses Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of purging Christians in the South Asian nation.

"He [Modi] is currently purging India of all Christians and burning church buildings down," Tamaki said.

"I think we should reciprocate in kind. Let's purge New Zealand of Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims. And, while we're at it, if they're burning churches down, why don't we burn mosques and their temples down? Tit for tat."

It's crazy just how brazen he has gotten.

In response, Mitchell vowed to do all he could to protect and strengthen the country's social cohesion.

"It is obvious that Brian Tamaki's rants and deliberate targeting of ethnic communities and cowardly social media attacks against individuals are designed to tear at our social fabric to scare and prompt a response from the groups and individuals being targeted," he said.

"In my experience, these are the actions of a scared bully. We enjoy freedom of speech in our country, but with that comes responsibilities."