July 03, 2023
Number of Māori on crown boards grows
Māori now make up more than one in four of members on public sector boards and committees.
It’s part of a transformation of the public sector, which also includes women making up 53.1 percent of public board and committee members.
Some 7.2 percent of members has Pasifika origins, and 6.1 percent are of Asian descent.
The Minister for Women’s Affairs, Jan Tinetti, told parliament last week that ethnicity data has only been collected since 2019, and in that time Maori representation has increased steadily.
“Māori board members now hold 26.8 percent of board roles, with wāhine making up 15.1 percent of all public sector boards and committee members,” she says.
Minister Tinetti says work is under way to support disabled people to be better represented on public sector boards.