and more than likely a racist, to boot.
‘Pakeha (that’s maori for European Kiwis. kg) kill just as many children as Maori, despite Maori being the “face of abuse” in the media, according to a researcher.
Social work lecturer Raema Merchant said focusing on Maori parents diverts attention away from the fact Pakeha can harm children too.
“I’m not denying it’s a problem for Maori, but if we’re just focusing on Maori we’re ignoring the Pakeha side,” she said.
“It’s almost as though Pakeha are putting their heads in the sand and saying there is no Pakeha child abuse.”
Her master’s thesis at the Eastern Institute of Technology found about half of the children killed in New Zealand died at the hands of a Pakeha abuser..’
Leaving aside for the moment the value of a social worker’s “master’s thesis” from a place as eminent as the “Eastern Institute of Technology”–which is probably a collection of houses or offices with chairs and signwriting added, a shonky grant of taxpayer’s money and a student roll which owes more to skin pigment than talent–leaving that aside, the simple fact is that maori, on a per-capita basis, are the prime cause of NZ’s horrific child-abuse figures. To claim otherwise is dishonest.
