Needs not Race Based Government Agency's Potential Impacts on Māori w/ The Public Service Association's Janice Panoho: 16 September, 2024

The Public Service Association says that the ‘needs not race’ based directive to government agencies is putting all that progress that has been made to improve the lives of Māori at risk. 

With the government directing all government agencies that public services must be delivered by need and not race disregards the systemic disadvantages experienced by Māori and Pasifika. 

The PSA’s Janice Panoho says that the move will set back Māori for generations at a time when they remain one of the most disadvantaged groups in Aotearoa. 

Producer Evie spoke to Panoho about these concerns and what impacts she believes this directive may have.