March 08, 2023
Jackson hits back at racist funding slur
Māori Development Minister Willie Jackson is bracing for more racist attacks from media like NewsTalk ZB host Mike Hosking as the election year heats up.
The breakfast host and New Zealand Herald columnist last week labelled the $15 million relief package for Māori communities devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle as “race-based”.
Mr Jackson says Mr Hosking says the same about every piece of funding for Maori.
“The idea that funding our people is racist, that’s the reality in an election year, you’re going to have guys like Mike and others come after us, (David) Seymour, he’ll come after us and say it’s racist funding, and then you’ll have the other side who’ll say it’s nowhere near enough so you can’t win anyway,” he says.