MBIE has delegated decisions on who gets them to the Royal Society of NZ. And their criteria are:
* At least 20% must go to researchers who are Māori
* At least 10% must identify as Pacific ethnicity
* At least 50% must go to researchers who identify as female
So male Asian and European researchers are discriminated against.
Also interesting is that to qualify to be Maori you need to have Maori ancestry, but for Pacific you only need to identify as Pacific. So could a Fijian Indian qualify? How about someone from Australia?
Surely it is time for the Government to take back science funding to itself, rather than delegate it to a woke leftwing activist group.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders.
9 comments:
Long overdue.... will the Coalition act?
Another example of why we need to rid ancestry from legislation as per Seymour’s bill.
Thinking of history, why did Northern Europe advance after the reformation while Southern Europe remained backwards and impoverished? It was because science and technology in Southern Europe was inhibited by ideology and religious dogma. How did China loose it's technological advantages over Europe? Same thing happened. Why is NZ heading towards becoming a third world country? ...
David great work as usual. What would be the best way to complain about this racial discrimination? Please name these woke racist tossers at the Royal Society so we know who they are.
As my family has lived on this Pacific Island for 5 generations, therefore I always tick the "Are you a Pacific Islander" box when asked.
Anything else would be untrue.
Let's have a box that we are obliged to tick that identified us by "Racist / not Racist"
King Charles needs to know that an organisation using the "royal' appellation is so deceitful and discriminatory. Must look up to see who the NZ members are.
Simple answer, just say you present as a white male but identify as a reincarnated Pacifica female. Cancel anyone who argues with you.
Ataboy, SeaBreeze......... oops I mean Atagirl.
The MBIE have clearly demonstrated that they cannot be trusted to administer this taxpayers money. We voted for change such as this.........
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