How the rain falls differently upon Māori
OPINION: Earlier this month, Minister of Māori Development Willie Jackson announced a $15 million post-Cyclone Gabrielle Māori Relief Fund.
Newstalk ZB host Mike Hosking criticised the announcement as unjustified “special treatment race-based funding” saying that while extreme weather events impact geographic regions differently, the rain does not “fall differently on Māori” nor flooding inundate by “race”.
Māori do not recover differently, use different recovery equipment, and homes are not yellow or red-stickered because you “identify as Māori”. Hosking concluded that the fund discriminates against non-Māori.
Link to video and article: Rawiri Taonui: How the rain falls differently upon Māori | Stuff.co.nz
