“While we are interested in closing the wage gap between Aus and NZ, we are putting our short-term attention to closing the wage gap between Maori and Pakeha in NZ”.

“The chair of the taskforce Don Brash has been widely reported talking about flat tax, which we all know has placed more strain on vulnerable Maori families in the past.

Wha – we had a flat tax before? Or was it people taking about flat tax has strained Maori families before? Or is it you dont know what you are talking about but want to look smart?

“If the intention of the taskforce is to adopt flat tax as a priority over gradual tax then we will be vehemently opposing that,’ she said.

I think the word you are looking for is ‘instead’. We already have one – it’s not a run off. Its like saying I’m going to adopt a kid as a priority over the child I already have.

Who wrote this crap?

Inequality and class privilege works it’s evil regardless of skin colour.

When Maori move away from New Zealand do they lose their culture and identity? Language? Do they check these things at border control as they hop on the plane? The word ‘lose’ is very helpless. Retaining ones culture in a foreign country isn’t easy but the idea that you just ‘lose’ it is entirely something that you can control.