My Truth column for Friday June 28 is now on-line:
Pacific Islanders often get a raw deal, not just because manual work is
underpaid in this country, as highlighted in a recent Queen St march,
but because poor social statistics relating to Maori are often wrongly
attributed to Pacific Island people.
For example, welfare dependence, over-representation in child abuse and neglect statistics, and high crime rates.
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Good open view, rather than claptrap sometimes put forward in the so called media.
I know this is an old post and this data is 4 years later, but it seems the rates are similar.
http://www.pasefikaproud.co.nz/assets/Resources-for-download/PasefikaProudResource-Understanding-family-violence-infographic.pdf
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