A very good summation. What is not covered is infant mortality, and its cause - and its ongoing inter-generational effect on adults may be very significant. Anecdotally, it also seems to be the case that Maori women predominate in the unmarried statistics and have children with multiple partners. Again, cause and effect.
What an excellent article John. So much of what you have mentioned in regard to the crime stats for maori I believe start at a young age in the home. Although I believe maori women truly cherish their children it is the macho attitude of the men towards their women and children that is the problem.
I have witnessed first hand how maori fathers/men treat their sons in an effort to bring them up"tough." It is an utter disgrace and I believe a root cause of a lot of the problems, considering most maori women are subjugated to their menfolk. Somehow this cycle needs to be broken.
Anyone interested in reading a compelling and well researched long-form narrative on the futility of race-based policy setting should look up black US writer, Coleman Hughes’s book, “The end of race politics: Arguments for a colourblind America”. He argues that race is a very poor proxy for need, and in my view the same applies in NZ. A far superior proxy is income, and I think that John’s analysis kinda confirms it.
Hatepe is good for the little grey cells … as a wee round Belgian friend was inclined to surmise… A very good summation was written by Alan Duff in the 1990s. The circumstances surrounding Māori socio-economic stAts have varied little and simply continued as the issues continue to manifest and the nanny state solutions are reinvented and applied … generally to fail yet again. An enormous impact was the post-war industrial migration from farming communities to cities … throughout the country and especially the North Island. This was probably singly the biggest contributor to Māori’s over representation in negative health and welfare stats. Disconnected from trad. Family and iwi support, they struggled and whilst earning more than previously, while the money and jobs lasted, they also were “blinded” by the bright lights of city life … tobacco, alcohol, gambling, …. The foundation may have been laid earlier but a significant layer that disproportionately impacted Māori occurred during the late 50s to late 70s especially
Good read John. It's a tough subject to tackle conclusively alright. I do agree the most beneficial approach would be some hope and promise of a good future in one's own determined capable hands. Just one thing I can't get my head around... this sentence... "And I suspect the neo-liberal economic reforms ushered in by Labour in the 1980s (and continued by National) had a disproportionate detrimental effect on Māori." Would you be happy to elaborate a little further? My brain won't make the connection. Thanks, Johanna.
Let's all try to do the best, for us and for our tamariki.
Apparently, Father Octavios Hadfield of the mission church at Otaki was able, on more than one occasion, to deter Chief Te Rauparaha and taua from going to Wellington, presumably with the intention of sacking the nascent settlement. Nevertheless, let us remember him respectfully at the building in Porirua that bears his name,
A very good summation. What is not covered is infant mortality, and its cause - and its ongoing inter-generational effect on adults may be very significant. Anecdotally, it also seems to be the case that Maori women predominate in the unmarried statistics and have children with multiple partners. Again, cause and effect.
What an excellent article John. So much of what you have mentioned in regard to the crime stats for maori I believe start at a young age in the home. Although I believe maori women truly cherish their children it is the macho attitude of the men towards their women and children that is the problem.
I have witnessed first hand how maori fathers/men treat their sons in an effort to bring them up"tough." It is an utter disgrace and I believe a root cause of a lot of the problems, considering most maori women are subjugated to their menfolk. Somehow this cycle needs to be broken.
Anyone interested in reading a compelling and well researched long-form narrative on the futility of race-based policy setting should look up black US writer, Coleman Hughes’s book, “The end of race politics: Arguments for a colourblind America”. He argues that race is a very poor proxy for need, and in my view the same applies in NZ. A far superior proxy is income, and I think that John’s analysis kinda confirms it.
I feel it is their lack of respect for education that holds them back.
Hatepe is good for the little grey cells … as a wee round Belgian friend was inclined to surmise… A very good summation was written by Alan Duff in the 1990s. The circumstances surrounding Māori socio-economic stAts have varied little and simply continued as the issues continue to manifest and the nanny state solutions are reinvented and applied … generally to fail yet again. An enormous impact was the post-war industrial migration from farming communities to cities … throughout the country and especially the North Island. This was probably singly the biggest contributor to Māori’s over representation in negative health and welfare stats. Disconnected from trad. Family and iwi support, they struggled and whilst earning more than previously, while the money and jobs lasted, they also were “blinded” by the bright lights of city life … tobacco, alcohol, gambling, …. The foundation may have been laid earlier but a significant layer that disproportionately impacted Māori occurred during the late 50s to late 70s especially
Good read John. It's a tough subject to tackle conclusively alright. I do agree the most beneficial approach would be some hope and promise of a good future in one's own determined capable hands. Just one thing I can't get my head around... this sentence... "And I suspect the neo-liberal economic reforms ushered in by Labour in the 1980s (and continued by National) had a disproportionate detrimental effect on Māori." Would you be happy to elaborate a little further? My brain won't make the connection. Thanks, Johanna.
They're all good people.
Let's all try to do the best, for us and for our tamariki.
Apparently, Father Octavios Hadfield of the mission church at Otaki was able, on more than one occasion, to deter Chief Te Rauparaha and taua from going to Wellington, presumably with the intention of sacking the nascent settlement. Nevertheless, let us remember him respectfully at the building in Porirua that bears his name,