New
Zealand First has asked Don Brash to explain why he
introduced scholarships for Maori and Pacific Island
graduates while he was Governor of the Reserve Bank.
In a
Parliamentary Question today, Mr Brown, Deputy Leader, asked
the Prime Minister whether the Reserve Bank scholarship
scheme for Maori and Pacific Islanders was a needs based or
race based scheme.
The scheme was introduced in 1994 by
the Reserve Bank when Don Brash was the Governor and the
National Party the Government
“The Prime Minister
responded by saying it was needs based to address racial
advancement. I am not sure that will convince many New
Zealanders. Maybe Don Brash should answer the question as
he was there and he introduced the scheme, in later years
enhancing it.
“The question Don Brash should
specifically address is, was the Reserve Bank Maori Pacific
Island scheme needs based or race based?”
“I have to say,
I suspect his concerns now are based more on political
opportunism. Surely it cannot be hypocrisy,” concluded Mr
Brown.
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