Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 21, 2023 13:12:12 GMT 12
Don Brash: IS RACISM JUSTIFIED IN THE HEALTH SECTOR?
It is Mr Trafford’s fourth argument for prioritizing Maori and Pasifika which is the weakest. He argues that Te Tiriti requires the government to provide “equitable participation in healthcare for Maori”. (Te Tiriti said nothing about Pasifika of course.) And he is surely right that Article III of Te Tiriti made it clear that all New Zealanders were to have equal rights and responsibilities, but equal rights cannot be interpreted to mean superior rights for those who chance to have one or more Maori ancestors.
If clinical priority, time spent on the waiting list, living in a remote area and deprivation level are used as criteria in ordering the waiting list, those with a Maori or Pasifika ancestor may on average get a degree of priority, but that should have nothing whatsoever to do with who their ancestors were.....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/06/don-brash-is-racism-justified-in-health.html
It is Mr Trafford’s fourth argument for prioritizing Maori and Pasifika which is the weakest. He argues that Te Tiriti requires the government to provide “equitable participation in healthcare for Maori”. (Te Tiriti said nothing about Pasifika of course.) And he is surely right that Article III of Te Tiriti made it clear that all New Zealanders were to have equal rights and responsibilities, but equal rights cannot be interpreted to mean superior rights for those who chance to have one or more Maori ancestors.
If clinical priority, time spent on the waiting list, living in a remote area and deprivation level are used as criteria in ordering the waiting list, those with a Maori or Pasifika ancestor may on average get a degree of priority, but that should have nothing whatsoever to do with who their ancestors were.....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/06/don-brash-is-racism-justified-in-health.html