At the end of March 2026, 48,261 Maori were receiving a Job Seeker-Work Ready benefit (Job Seeker-Health Condition/Disability is a separate category for those considered temporarily unemployed due to illness.) NZ Europeans followed at 43,626. Pacific people occupy third place at 19,005. Asians trail back at 6,840 with Middle Eastern/ Latin American/ African people numbering 2,178.
There is a prevalent school of thought that believes immigrants are heavily welfare-dependent. Apart from Pacific people, that's wrong.
Most immigrants have relatively high employment levels.
Yes, refugees tend to require welfare initially and sometimes longer. But New Zealand's refugee quota is fairly small at 1,500 annually.
When it comes to those who could be working, Maori are massively over-represented.
Whilst colonisation continues to be blamed for Maori 'disadvantage', every year thousands of immigrants come to New Zealand and make a contribution. Often the cards are stacked against them but they don't have any useful excuses for failing.
Immigrants pull their weight. And I am thankful for them.
Most immigrants have relatively high employment levels.
Yes, refugees tend to require welfare initially and sometimes longer. But New Zealand's refugee quota is fairly small at 1,500 annually.
When it comes to those who could be working, Maori are massively over-represented.
Whilst colonisation continues to be blamed for Maori 'disadvantage', every year thousands of immigrants come to New Zealand and make a contribution. Often the cards are stacked against them but they don't have any useful excuses for failing.
Immigrants pull their weight. And I am thankful for them.
Lindsay Mitchell is a welfare commentator. This article was sourced HERE
4 comments:
Thanks to Ardern, Hipkins, the Maori cabal in government and their divisive racial, social & economic policies, Labour has now successfully bred a whole generation of beneficiaries and parasites who believe that the state and everyone else owe them a living. Good reliable leftist voters though.
Ah … but you miss the most important issue which is that migrants are taking away good jobs from MÄoris who are otherwise hardworking, law-abiding, family-oriented and want nothing more than to be self-reliant.
š¤ immigrants from formerly colonised countries have no issues, but natives from NZ continue to have never ending issues - strange
I thought applicants for immigrating to and residing permanently in NZ were favoured if they had skills to offer that are in demand in the NZ workforce. In that case, it becomes a truism to say that they have high levels of productive employment.
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