Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 19, 2016 17:43:14 GMT 12
HUNDREDS ATTEND MAORI ECONOMIC HUI
A conference dubbed "Powering up the Maori Economy in Te Tai Tokerau" was "more than a talkfest", presenters and iwi leaders promised.
Mr Dalton said that while Northland's GDP had grown recently, "not a lot of that has occurred in the Maori area".
Of the region's population of 56,613 Maori, 17.4 per cent of them were unemployed compared with the national figure for Maori of 12 per cent; average earnings were $40,670 compared with Maori nationally, $47,385; and, close to the national figure, 52.4 per cent of Tai Tokerau Maori were low-skilled….
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A conference dubbed "Powering up the Maori Economy in Te Tai Tokerau" was "more than a talkfest", presenters and iwi leaders promised.
Mr Dalton said that while Northland's GDP had grown recently, "not a lot of that has occurred in the Maori area".
Of the region's population of 56,613 Maori, 17.4 per cent of them were unemployed compared with the national figure for Maori of 12 per cent; average earnings were $40,670 compared with Maori nationally, $47,385; and, close to the national figure, 52.4 per cent of Tai Tokerau Maori were low-skilled….
www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=11641056