‘Laurie Ferguson, the Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services:
“Werriwa has the second highest concentration of Polynesians in this country—there are 5,500 people—and, equally, it is the ninth placed electorate in this country in regards to Maori speakers. Obviously this is a very challenged community. We see antisocial activity. We know that because of the state of the New Zealand education system a number of Polynesian migrants passing through New Zealand come to this country with poor English, an issue that most people would not be aware of, and this leads to a number of problems.”
Meanwhile, NZ teachers are striking for higher pay……and this lame-ass government is throwing around 260 million a year into a bottomless brown hole to promote the maori language!
