Maori are approx 15% of the population, with their high unemployment, imprisonment rates and many in low paid employment, added to this the many maori businesses & corporations that are registered as 'charities' and pay no tax, those that do are taxed at 17%, whereas their non-Maori counterparts are taxed at 28% plus.
In other words Maori as a race probably receive more than they contribute when the above factors are taken into account.
This from Mike Butler's blog 'Try discussing Maori Privilege' --> “in 2011, Te Puni Kokiri advised Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples that yes indeed welfare payments to Maori exceed the tax contribution that Maori make to the economy.”
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And this below from John Ansells blog site, who would have crunched the numbers.
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The Consedines correctly quote (their page 117) the New Zealand Institute for Economic Research Māori Economic Development, Te Ōhanga Whanaketanga Māori (2003), who say that
“While Māori households indeed receive $2.3 billion (see Table 3) in fiscal transfers, this is offset by a tax contribution of $2.4 billion from the Māori economy.”
Indeed, this is true, as according to the numbers in the table Maori households contribute more in tax than they receive in benefits and other fiscal transfers.
But taxation is for a lot more than that, for a wide range of services (hospitals, police, schools, etc.) – not only for benefits.
And that considerable range of services is NOT well supported by Maori.
The great majority of the taxes from Maori are taken straight back by benefit payments – $2.31 billion of $2.40 billion, or 96%.
The result is that Maori provide (after benefit payments are returned to them) $92 million of general cost taxation, compared to $20,982 million from non-Maori.
MAORI (10% OF THE POPULATION OR MORE) PROVIDE JUST 0.44% OF NON-BENEFIT TAXES FOR GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICES.
That is not a fair share.
Another way of commenting on the numbers is that Maori take back almost all of their taxation in benefits, and make a negligible contribution to the cost of government services, which they receive, and which are almost completely financed by non-Maori.
The NZIER claims that such “conclusions transform the frequently promoted myth that Maori are a drag on the New Zealand economy”.
Surely this shows the very opposite.
http://treatygate.wordpress.com/2013/03/10/may-the-best-manual-win-2/