How much do you know about the Treaty of Waitangi and the settlement process? Here's a quiz you can do online, it only takes a minute or so and you will probably learn a thing or two.
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Also read on for Moana Maniapoto's response to some of the issues raised through current public debate .How much do you know about the Treaty of Waitangi and the settlement process? Here's a quiz you can do online, it only takes a minute or so and you will probably learn a thing or two.
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Also read on for Moana Maniapoto's response to some of the issues raised through current public debate .What they say
Brash: Brash has suggested he would hire a Pakeha over a Maori of equal merit because he said Maori could claim "unlimited tangi leave". The Press 6 Feb 2004
What is True
Under the new Holidays Act there is no such thing as unlimited bereavement, no reference to tangi leave, and no differentiation on the basis of race or religion. CTU president Ross Wilson also said it was "totally incorrect" for Brash to claim the act gave Maori unlimited tangi leave. This was backed up by employment law specialist Phillipa Muir, a partner at Auckland law firm Simpson Grierson, who also said bereavement leave was not unlimited: "Don Brash is wrong in saying that. Everyone gets three days to mourn for an immediate family member, one day for someone close to them. The employer still decides if it's a 'genuine bereavement.

What they say
Brash: "Primary Health Organisations are established on a racial basis" Orewa speech, 27 Jan 2004.
What is True
PHO funding is based on the needs of the community that it services. Factors such as age, gender, ethnicity and relative level of poverty are taken into account for funding. This is because the health needs of these groups will mean they will have greater need for services. We know that Maori life expectancy is lower than Pakeha, and therefore this is a relevant factor. Dr Brash does not seem to be objecting to the elderly generating more funding.

What they Say?
Brash: "The government's seabed and foreshore proposals give Maori a veto power over anyone else's development." Orewa speech, 27 Jan 2004
What is True
Customary title will recognise mana and ancestral connection. It will not allow the development of a commercial activity or a power of veto over new resource uses. The Maori Land Court may grant whanau, hapu and iwi specific customary rights. Development on the basis of these rights will be restricted to the volume of resource used for the customary usage. This is in effect a property right and other development will not be able to override it, in the same way as happens now if anyone, Pakeha or Maori, has a property right.

What they Say?
Brash: "In both healthcare and education government funding is now influenced not just by need as it should, but also by the ethnicity of the recipient" Orewa speech, 27 Jan 2004
What is True?
Need is still the primary driver of government funding, though governments have long recognised that within socio-economic groups there are disparities between Maori and non- Maori. Ministry figures show that little more than 2% of the health budget and 1.6% of the education budget is spent on specific services for Maori. Just cause you hear there is a Maori Health Programme does not mean that similar services are not available to the rest of the community. They are.

What they Say?
Brash: A Lincoln University research proposal on footrot failed because the 'benefits to Maori were not sufficiently made clear."
Kim Hill TVOne, 4 Feb 2004
What is True
The Foundation for Research, Science and Technology strongly rejects claims that research proposals (including sheep footrot) were declined because ' they did not focus enough on Maori." The proposals did not score as well as many others against the seven assessment criteria FORST statement.

What they Say?
Lynda Scott: says it is scandalous that Counties Manakau DHB is supporting unproven health practices, such as spiritual healing. RNZ Newswire 12 Feb 2004
What is True
Funding for spiritual healing was introduced in 1995 by the National Government: Georgina te Heuheu "Having health services Maori people feel comfortable using is an important part of addressing the disparity in health statistics between Maori and Pakeha. If the availability of traditional Maori healing clinics encourages people to seek advice early, that is a very good thing for everyone."
This has been continued by Labour, along with other services such as Hospital Chaplaincy that take account of those who believe spiritual values add to their well being.

What they Say?
Lynda Scott: says that an elderly Pakeha woman was moved from Tauranga Hospital's Kaupapa Ward to make way for a Maori Patient, and calls this is an example of 'government endorsed racial separatism' NZ Herald 13 Feb 2004
What is True
The Kaupapa Ward was established in 1995 under a National Government. Any patient, regardless of their ethnicity, can request to be treated by the kaupapa team, who are trained to offer a service accommodating Maori cultural perspectives. In this case the patient who was moved was occupying a spare bed in the ward, and was asked to move when a patient requested to be in the Ward.

What they Say?
Brash: "The Nelson-Tasman PHO is required to have half of the community representatives on its board representing local iwi even through the number of people actually belonging to those local iwi is a tiny fraction of the population covered by that PHO." Orewa speech, 27 Jan 2004
What is True
There is no requirement that the Nelson-Tasman PHO has to have half its community representatives representing local iwi. The local doctors and other providers have determined the make-up of the Board. There was no government directive and the make up of community representation differs from PHO to PHO.

What they Say?
Brash: The Treaty settlement process has slowed considerably since Labour took office. Orewa speech, 27 Jan 2004
What is True
Under National three major settlements were concluded, along with several very small and non-comprehensive settlements. Under Labour six comprehensive settlements have been reached, two are close to conclusion, four are in the midst of negotiations and others are preparing to enter negotiations.

What they Say?
Brash: "National would remove race based features from legislation" Orewa speech, 27 Jan 2004
What is True
Nick Smith is already backtracking from this saying only some clauses would be removed: "Treaty references would not be removed from legislation protecting the Maori language and some others which protect aspects of culture, such as those governing the establishment of Te Papa." Brash's proposal would mean amending Acts dating back to 1908, including over 30 Acts passed under National led governments.

What they Say?
Brash: ".. Marlborough Girls College had banned the use of necklaces carrying Christian or Jewish symbols around the neck but had explicitly said it's okay for Maori to wear bone carvings etc.."
RNZ: Nine to Noon, 11 Feb 2004
What is True
This is the College policy, it's not the Government's. Is Dr Brash really going to dictate the policies of every school and university?
College policy is that any pupil, Maori or Pakeha, can wear a bone carving or greenstone around their neck as a symbol of their cultural identity as a New Zealander. Religious symbols can also be worn on a long chain.

What they Say?
Brash: said Brownlee was "quite totally inappropriate" in calling John Tamihere a ' black fella" Newsroom, 11 Feb 2004. Brash had just appointed Brownlee as their Maori Affairs spokesperson after dropping their only Maori MP (Georgina te Heuheu) from the role after she objected to his 'separatist' speech. Brash: "But the plain fact of the matter is that the public of New Zealand has witnessed a parade of race-based political correctness over the past decade or more - ..Taniwha stopping roading projects. NZ Herald 16 Feb 2004
What is True
The dispute caused little delay to the roading project. It resulted in the protection of existing swamplands and habitats, an excellent environmental outcome. Local Maori did not seek, and did not receive, any payment. Maori must be consulted on proposed road developments affecting Maori land, land subject to any Maori claims settlement Act, or Maori historical, cultural or spiritual interests. Maori are specified because they are one major group that has not always been consulted concerning the above.

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