tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post1299733729788283781..comments2023-12-21T23:44:40.324+13:00Comments on Maui Street: Iwi and investmentMorgan Godferyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16151402259122819244noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8687643215117543088.post-66587110666704097752011-09-06T13:09:10.529+12:002011-09-06T13:09:10.529+12:00The first priority should probably be investment i...The first priority should probably be investment in order to grow the iwi's economic power base (and create employment). But they also need to invest in socio-economic stuff like health and education - so what if those things are the duty of central government, central government has clearly failed to get Maori health and education up to the national average. Iwi shouldn't have to provide their own health clinics, reading recovery programmes and whatever but, since they can, it makes more sense for them to do so than complain about underfunded public health and education systems while their people continue to be less healthy and worse educated on average than the national population. <br /><br />In short, it seems a bit pointless to have a rich iwi organisation if a big chunk of the actual iwi members are still basically an underclass. Sure, not all the problems can be solved with money, but some of them can, and a lot of the next generation's problems could be avoided with wise spending now, for example on things like early childhood education and accessible healthcare.helenalexnoreply@blogger.com