ACT spokesperson for Tertiary Education and Skills, Dr Parmjeet Parmar, said a concerned parent alerted her to an application form for a summer engineering internship that stated Māori, Pasifika, Aboriginal, or Torres Strait Islander applicants would automatically be advanced to the interview stage.
Dr Parmar said the case reveals how identity-based policies are creeping into the private sector and urged businesses to rethink their hiring strategies.
“We must not let the rot that is so pervasive in our public institutions spread into the private sector,” she said.
She said ACT had already led efforts to remove race-based procurement rules in Government, including an eight percent quota for Māori-owned businesses and requirements for public agencies to prioritise employment opportunities for Māori.
“Businesses need to get the memo that they no longer need to engage in identity politics to secure Government contracts,” she said.
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Dr Parmar said when local councils impose race-based expectations in procurement processes, it puts pressure on companies to adopt hiring practices that prioritise ethnicity over ability.
“Race-based hiring, in any sector, is wrong. The ACT Party will keep fighting to stop this rot from spreading any further.”
She also pointed to universities as playing a role in normalising these practices, saying students and future HR professionals are being taught that ancestry should outweigh merit, contribution, and capability.
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“This divisive culture is being incubated in our universities and public institutions,” she said. “When academics and politicians constantly promote the idea that people should be treated differently based on race, it’s no wonder some start to believe it — and act on it.”
ACT is seeking further transparency on the internship scheme and has called for employers to uphold equal opportunity hiring standards without regard to ethnicity.
A Christchurch employment lawyer said “If this policy denies an equal opportunity to candidates based solely on their ethnicity, it may raise serious concerns under the Human Rights Act.
“Automatically fast-tracking applicants from specific ethnic groups, without giving equal consideration to others who are equally qualified, could be viewed as unjustified or disproportionate, and potentially discriminatory.”
Beca has been approached for comment.
Broadcaster Chris Lynch is an award winning journalist who also produces Christchurch news and video content for domestic and international companies. This article was originally published by Chris Lynch Media and is published here with kind permission.
“We must not let the rot that is so pervasive in our public institutions spread into the private sector,” she said.
She said ACT had already led efforts to remove race-based procurement rules in Government, including an eight percent quota for Māori-owned businesses and requirements for public agencies to prioritise employment opportunities for Māori.
“Businesses need to get the memo that they no longer need to engage in identity politics to secure Government contracts,” she said.
Click image to view - Screen shot from BECA website
Dr Parmar said when local councils impose race-based expectations in procurement processes, it puts pressure on companies to adopt hiring practices that prioritise ethnicity over ability.
“Race-based hiring, in any sector, is wrong. The ACT Party will keep fighting to stop this rot from spreading any further.”
She also pointed to universities as playing a role in normalising these practices, saying students and future HR professionals are being taught that ancestry should outweigh merit, contribution, and capability.
Do you know more? email chris@chrislynchmedia.com
“This divisive culture is being incubated in our universities and public institutions,” she said. “When academics and politicians constantly promote the idea that people should be treated differently based on race, it’s no wonder some start to believe it — and act on it.”
ACT is seeking further transparency on the internship scheme and has called for employers to uphold equal opportunity hiring standards without regard to ethnicity.
A Christchurch employment lawyer said “If this policy denies an equal opportunity to candidates based solely on their ethnicity, it may raise serious concerns under the Human Rights Act.
“Automatically fast-tracking applicants from specific ethnic groups, without giving equal consideration to others who are equally qualified, could be viewed as unjustified or disproportionate, and potentially discriminatory.”
Beca has been approached for comment.
Broadcaster Chris Lynch is an award winning journalist who also produces Christchurch news and video content for domestic and international companies. This article was originally published by Chris Lynch Media and is published here with kind permission.
8 comments:
Referendum now.
If Luxon has integrity, he will hold a referendum immediately - NZ is already operating as an ethno -state in many ways.
The least that the PM can do is to consult the people: do they want a democratic society or an ethno -state. Of course, a clear preference for democracy would upset the plan to advance tribal rule by stealth and non-consultation. So be it.
Is it not fundamentally illegal?
Yes, , under Section 73 of the Human Rights Act 1993 and Section 19(2) of our Bill of Rights.
As this is clearly illegal, why are there no prosecutions ?
Could the NZ Police please explain ?
Well, they will not prosecute TPM for its electoral violations so no chance on this. By golly this Maori Teflon must be strong stuff, I know it is slippery!
When you think this through those that hire on race, gender or whatever rather that merit will eventually become uncompetitive because the better candidates will go elsewhere. Also as one who believes in merit appointments, seeing such an advertisement that promotes that preference will be given to those of a particular race, I wouldn't even bother applying, so the dumbos that appoint on spurious grounds lose anyway.
No point having laws that are not enforced. Might get racist for calling out racism.😳
So Beca are wokesters who are happy to breach the Human Rights Act with their DEI employment policies? Just as well they are 'down under' and not in the USA.
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