Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 20, 2023 4:18:02 GMT 12
DIRECT FUNDING SOUGHT IN MĀORI BUDGET
Māori Party president John Tamihere says the Budget falls short of giving Māori the resources to fund their own development.
“What that tells you is that most of our money is still trapped by non-Maori and when pakeha deploy resources, they deploy them by pakeha for pakeha to Maori. That robs of us of our social and economic capacity and capability to grow ourselves, because it’s no good just being a prisoner of a corrections system or a patient of a health system,” Mr Tamihere says.....
waateanews.com/2023/05/19/direct-funding-sought-in-maori-budget/
Māori Party president John Tamihere says the Budget falls short of giving Māori the resources to fund their own development.
“What that tells you is that most of our money is still trapped by non-Maori and when pakeha deploy resources, they deploy them by pakeha for pakeha to Maori. That robs of us of our social and economic capacity and capability to grow ourselves, because it’s no good just being a prisoner of a corrections system or a patient of a health system,” Mr Tamihere says.....
waateanews.com/2023/05/19/direct-funding-sought-in-maori-budget/