The report is divided into sections covering children and youth, work and incomes, housing, crime and punishment and social hazards. Each section ends with a Te Ora o Te Whanau lens view.
After the section on children and youth comes the following:
"The over representation of Māori tamariki and rangatahi in state care (p.9) reflects the enduring impacts of colonisation and breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, where systems were founded without authentic, shared decision-making. These systems perpetuate structural barriers that drive poverty and material hardship for whānau, creating conditions that can result in tamariki and rangatahi entering state care."
After work and incomes we read:
"Today, despite the Māori economy contributing billions to the New Zealand economy, systemic barriers in the labour market and welfare system mean some tangata whenua cannot access economic opportunities. These disproportionate inequities are due to current systems and the lasting impacts of colonisation that dismantled Māori economic autonomy through land alienation and resource loss, creating enduring disadvantage. This disadvantage includes inequitable access to, and institutional racism in, non-Māori-led education and training, discrimination in hiring, and policy settings that favour individuals over collective models. The result is a paradox: a thriving Māori economy alongside persistent unemployment and government welfare benefit support, limiting the ability of some Māori to exercise tino rangatiratanga."
Following housing:
"Home anchors identity and belonging. Despite an increase in public housing, thousands remain on the Housing Register waiting for secure housing (p.52). For tangata whenua experiencing housing insecurity or homelessness, this disrupts connections to te ao Māori and limits the ability to exercise tino rangatiratanga. Being grounded in whānau, hapū and iwi is fundamental to Māori identity, yet without stable housing whakapapa connections fracture, leading to isolation with lasting impacts on knowing who you are and where you belong."
Subsequent to crime and punishment:
"For tangata whenua, the ongoing impacts of colonisation and systematic failure to uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi in terms of how our criminal justice system works cannot be separated from the disproportionate overrepresentation of Māori caught up in the system. Colonial policies, land alienation and the imposition of state justice systems that do not represent partnership have had long‑lasting effects that continue to shape Māori experiences in the criminal justice system today."
And finally in response to social hazards:
"Tangata whenua and communities experiencing poverty and material hardship sometimes navigate these harms through constrained choices. Drinking to cope with stress, gambling for hope or relying on high-cost credit are not failures, they are survival strategies in systems that may offer few good options. These behaviours reflect attempts to mitigate chronic negative circumstances or desperate situations, rather than a lack of motivation or capability."
This is just a small taste. The Maori lens responses run to pages.
This type of apologism from the Salvation Army used to provoke anger in me. Now it only stirs a sense of despair. The fact they have added this new feature to their otherwise useful annual report, cements a rejection of their traditional philosophy which was apparently rooted in personal responsibility and mutual accountability.
But is the concept of personal responsibility foreign to Maori? I don't believe it is. Frequently we hear sports figures talking about "looking in the mirror" after a failure. They understand the criticality of taking responsibility because change primarily - though not necessarily wholly - comes from within.
The constant rejection of this reality by academics and other public policy pundits can do no good.
There have always been jobs for people who want to work. Who feel it is their duty to work. Why are our rest homes routinely staffed by young Philippine, Malaysian, Indian, Fijian women and not Maori? The same question could be asked of many sectors which provide work well-suited to young mothers. And I focus on Maori women (as opposed to men) because they are instrumental to raising Maori children.
In yet another over-representation, 48 percent of single mothers on welfare are Maori. Many of them do not want to work. It's easier to be ministered to by do-gooders who reassure that the system is against them, they are deprived of opportunity because Te Tiriti is not being honoured and their plight has nothing to do with their own decisions.
If I had someone telling me that, I would want to prove them wrong. But I am not Maori.
In the face of this report the best response the government could make is to defund the Salvation Army for being part of the problem.
Lindsay Mitchell is a welfare commentator who blogs HERE - where this article was sourced
13 comments:
Surely it must be now so very clear that no matter how tricky the race debate is, Luxon and co just have to tackle it now.
I agree defund them
You just cannot ignore this any longer. Surely ???
Lindsay that is a great lens analogy…do you want to put some Vaseline or something like that on your glasses, to make the world look a little more palatable? Facts are undeniable to logical folks, emotions are easier for a grievance-peddler to tap such as yourself to tap into. The grift runs ever on.
“There have always been jobs for people who want to work”? Luxon has sold more tickets to Australia as NZ PM than he did as AirNZ CEO.
Just Wonderful. The S.A promoting Marxism . When Grimisci talked of the long march of Marxism through the institutions, how silly of us to not think this also meant the churches.
As you point out it is counter to Christianity in not insisting on individual responsibility .
The S.A. writer of these insidious ideas needs to listen to Afro -American and very articulate Thomas Sowell with no specific religious beliefs but anti Marxist and Woke and promoting traditional cultural Christianity tenets like building up the nuclear family ( condemning of solo mothers) ,a work ethic and strict discipline.
Also the SA seems to have lost the plot on relating our poor education , particularly in the basics and low socio-economic status of Maori.That is genuinely where they are victims .
Reading the article on the Mississippi 'miracle' posted on BV on Wednesday this week , should be compulsory for all social workers, including the SA writer of this article.This for me is real Christianity working in the world. Gaynor
Sallies in my Will ?
Not any longer.
In fact, any "charity" with Maori words in their title or statements are gone.
A new ambulance for St John - that's $500k they are not longer getting.
And frankly, if any of them reneged on this Maorication, I wouldn't trust them.
I am incredulous of the Salvation Army statements. Just how many in their organisation vet and approve this propaganda twaddle? Seems like the cancellation threat has daunted even their stalwart warriors. Except for any maori who may have heard through their insurgency network, I wonder what percentage of the congregations are aware of 1%? 1/2 %? And what percentage of those approve. Of course the msm will not significantly critique, but if they do it will cost the SA a fortune in forgone bequests. Like many I used to have great respect for the SA, but no longer. Next time they rattle the money box at me I will ask them about the absurd statements.
Non-Maori are struggling too, but can't blame their circumstances on colonisation. What a pity! Well not unless whitey blames the Roman and Norman Conquests of Britain
Sorry, I got the day wrong on which Hannah Franklin Hood wrote on the ' Mississippi Miracle.
It was Thursday Feb12 '26 Gaynor
How is the Maori economy contributing billions to the NZ economy?
The so called 'Maori Economy' is yet another example of trying to divide us into racial groups. Surely it is just part of the NZ economy? Our PM is the worst culprit in perpetuating this myth. Whether through ignorance or just trying too hard to be popular, I'm not sure
What a disappointment. Up till now I had the greatest respect for the Sallies. In spite of being an atheist I have known many that have earned my friendship and support. I cannot believe that the rank and file would go along with the stupid ideas expressed. My thoughts along benefactory lines may need to be revised too.
How is the Maori economy contributing billions to the NZ economy?
YES !! is there anyone who could explain this to me to.
As far as I know, the taxpayer is supporting the so called Charities of the M elite. They don't pay tax on their earnings.
What a load of horse wallop!
THE MYTH OF MĀORI SOCIO-ECONOMIC ‘DISPARITY’
The propaganda claim to a collective part-Maori socio-economic disadvantage has become one of New Zealand’s most enduring tropes.
As per Adolf Hitler’s “big lie” technique: repeat a lie loudly and often enough and it becomes the ‘truth.’
In fact, when it comes to any indicator of socio-economic wellbeing, the vast majority of New Zealanders with a Maori ancestor are normally distributed around that indicator’s Bell Curve for the general population.
The problem is a recalcitrant underclass of around 15% of part-Maori who are intergenerational welfare recipients or in low-waged jobs with no exit strategy, who drag down the aggregate part-Maori data.
This sub-group passes its non-achiever views and values on to succeeding generations.
That is nothing to do with ethnicity or a ‘legacy of colonisation,’ but relates instead to poor personal choices.
As Thomas Sowell, reminds us:
“Have we reached the ultimate stage of absurdity when some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, while other people are not held responsible for what they themselves are doing today?”
Here's Ministry of Social Development Chief Economist, Dr Simon Chapple, in a 2000 paper (link below):
"Maori ethnicity is a particularly poor predictor of labour market success or failure and there is considerable overlap between Maori and non-Maori outcomes. It is [those who identify as] sole Maori with low literacy, poor education, and living in geographical concentrations that have labour market problems, not the Maori ethnic group as a whole (there are probably also sub-cultural associations with benefit dependence, sole parenthood, early natality, drug and alcohol abuse, physical violence, and illegal cash cropping).
"In other words the policy issue may need to be viewed primarily at a sub-cultural and socio-economic level rather than the coarse macro ethno-cultural level of Maori/non-Maori binaries."
https://www.nzcpr.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Maori-Economic-Disparity-Simon-Chapple.pdf
If most part-Maori New Zealanders are doing just fine, the problem with those who fail to launch cannot be attributed to 'institutional racism' or to 'a legacy of colonisation,' but to a lack of personal responsibility for one's own life outcomes.
Putting in at school is seen by part-Maori losers at the margin as 'acting white.' It is rapidly discouraged by group harassment and physical bullying.
The 'crab bucket' mentality write large.
When one crab tries to climb out of the bucket, the other crabs gang up to pull it back down again.
Seen it many times growing up.
People are typically poor not because of what someone has done to them, but because of what they haven't done for themselves. True poverty is -- first and foremost -- a poverty of spirit.
On the question of ethnicity:
[1] on what basis should someone who is less than half-Maori be regarded by anyone outside their kin group as "Maori" just because they say they are.
"Some delicate little snowflake will be butt-hurt to discover others don’t share their self-delusion" is not an answer.
[2] on what basis should someone who possesses more of the blood of the coloniser than of the colonised be regarded as a "victim" of any "white privilege" rather than its beneficiary?
Please don't tell me Maori genes are so inferior that even a smidge is enough to make someone a congenital loser and an inadequate. I’d be well-cooked if that was the case.
Oh, the soft liberal bigotry of low expectations!
The grifters and troughers peddling the myth of a collective part-Māori disadvantage do so for their own self-aggrandisement, not because they genuinely care about those for whom they claim to speak.
Sowell again:
“The time is long overdue to stop looking for progress through racial or ethnic leaders. Such leaders have too many incentives to promote polarising attitudes and actions that are counterproductive for minorities and disastrous for the country.”
Indeed.
ENDS
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