June 22, 2020
Trouble on streets if Māori not given fair share – Tamihere
Māori Party co-leader John Tamihere says it’s time for Māori to demand their fair share of government resources.
The party launched its election campaign and its Whānau First policy at Hoani Waititi Marae on Saturday at an event Mr Tamihere described as having the fervour of an American-style religious revival.
He says the policy of having 25 percent of all COVID-19 recovery and other government spending going for Māori outcomes is achievable, because the money has already been voted by parliament,
"Unless we start to assert the mana that Pākehā people have taken for granted since they arrived here and unless we get a fair share of it we're going to have a few problems, and then there will be a rising, because our people are becoming frustrated and there is anger on the street, so what we've got to do is get our people, employment is empowerment," Mr Tamihere says.
John Tamihere says even when the economy is going well Māori are three times as likely as non-Māori to be unemployed, and he’s concerned it could be even worse in any post-COVID recession.
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