Whitefellas, Blackfellas.

Sam Wagan Watson into the white fellas, blackfellas thing again.

Indigenous leader agrees with Maori MP: 'Howard is a racist bastard'
“I completely agree with New Zealand Maori Party MP Hone Harawira that Prime Minister John Howard, by attacking marginalized Aboriginal communities, is a ‘racist bastard’,” Aboriginal leader, poet, writer, radical and Socialist Alliance Indigenous spokesperson Sam Watson said in response to Harawira’s controversial comments.

Irrespective, it is still a huge problem that needs addressing. Palliative moves here, assuming personal responsibility and 'throwing money' at notions of self-determination have not worked ... partly of course because demanding accountability under such circumstances is'racist,' hence the realisation of goals is not paramount.
This has resulted in greater insularity, greater invisibility, further adding to and reinforcing the 'code of silence' that has for years hidden the high occurrence of physical and sexual abuse
(New Zealand's national diagnosed rate for head injuries to infants under the age of 2 caused by child abuse is 22 per 100,000 - which is comparable to the rest of the world.
However, for Maori children the figure is the highest in the world. Between 50 and 60 Maori infants per 100,000 suffer head injuries as a result of child abuse) - when was it that all schools were to be staffed by registered teachers again? I wonder how many schools have troubles not only with late and truanting children but also with late and truanting teachers?
Our governments solution has been to 'pass the buck,' such that our (indigenous) people are doing a disservice to themselves, perpetuating an underclass,entrenching a victim mentality ... where a 'reasonale' MP can suggest the DPB fits with a cultural view - yep Pita, ''seed 'em and leave 'em.'
It all sounds a far better approach.