Bennett's iwi comments slammed by Greens - Video

@little fish/big fish
Nobody holds a gun to peoples' heads and tells them to drink or that difficult for you to work out fish.
The care-givers have a choice and they CHOOSE to drink/gamble/take drugs or whatever. And they CHOOSE to abuse their kids. You can't blame liquour companys. Maybe the abusers could CHOOSE to lay of the piss. Like David, I too understand the probs that come with excess alcohol consumption, which is why I CHOSE to give up alcohol/drugs.
And if you choose to remember little fish, they banned alcohol advertising years ago. The only alcohol ads I see are the drink driving ones on tv.
Blame the abusers and only the abusers. Its people like you who are happy to pass the buk and blame someone/thing else for your actions.
I'm find you are the one who is being patronising here big fish - not david.

Paula Bennett is so ignorant - why should iwi pay for child abuse services, is it because only Maori people abuse their children? Oh thats right, white people don't abuse their children, especially not white priests and nuns from catholic churches!! Get a grip, what is failing is Paula Bennets child and youth services who get paid millions of dollars to protect and monitor our children and guess what...it aint working!! And just maybe our newspapers/media only like publishing bad things that Maori people do so that silly woman like Paula Bennett in her continued ignorance can maintain her belief that only Maori people commit abuse and therefore should payout. And just maybe Paula Bennett could also admit that this problem is a societal issue full stop! Look at your policies and tell us how you are making a difference in the lives of the less fortunate. Giving less money to beneficiaries aint helping either!!

no doubt about it ,she must go. maori are starving all over nz with unemployment. freezing workers in wairoa talk of fishing to eat,no fish kids starve. the minister has done nothing when the town asked her to come and see for herself.
no show must go. this is a hard nosed gov't that smiles and walks away. bring on the election. waka