Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 3, 2020 12:57:47 GMT 12
Barry Soper: $56 MILLION FOR MĀORI EXPOSES NAKED POLITICS OF COVID OUTBREAK
But the focus on Ardern, which is inevitable in this time of crisis, exposes the naked politics being played in the Beehive.
Increasing a minimum living wage by $1.20 an hour on April Fool's Day is bad enough at a time when business is on its knees, but looking after its Māori constituency lays bare the superficiality of the claim that we're all in this together.
Ardern proudly told us the $56 million laid aside last week to Māori to fight Covid 19 has already been allocated. It's been spent on 100,000 care packages which gives Māori access to products which will ensure they're safe and can meet the guidelines set by the Health Ministry.
The money will also help kaumatua get priority testing for Covid 19 and will provide food and clothing for the vulnerable and assist them to get into isolation accommodation, all of which the rest of us have to pay and wait for.
It’s difficult to find why Māori would be harder hit than the rest of us with this virus.
But it’s not difficult to deduce that Labour, with the seven Māori seats now back on its ballot, is determined to keep them there.......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2020/04/barry-soper-56-million-for-maori.html
But the focus on Ardern, which is inevitable in this time of crisis, exposes the naked politics being played in the Beehive.
Increasing a minimum living wage by $1.20 an hour on April Fool's Day is bad enough at a time when business is on its knees, but looking after its Māori constituency lays bare the superficiality of the claim that we're all in this together.
Ardern proudly told us the $56 million laid aside last week to Māori to fight Covid 19 has already been allocated. It's been spent on 100,000 care packages which gives Māori access to products which will ensure they're safe and can meet the guidelines set by the Health Ministry.
The money will also help kaumatua get priority testing for Covid 19 and will provide food and clothing for the vulnerable and assist them to get into isolation accommodation, all of which the rest of us have to pay and wait for.
It’s difficult to find why Māori would be harder hit than the rest of us with this virus.
But it’s not difficult to deduce that Labour, with the seven Māori seats now back on its ballot, is determined to keep them there.......
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2020/04/barry-soper-56-million-for-maori.html