Michael Laws has independently asked questions that I have long been asking [and have had racist accusations from other Councillors and Code of Conduct complaints for my trouble] but Laws has gone further to uncover the extent of ‘relationship funding’ with Maori in Local Government across NZ…

 
Check out this page https://theplatform.kiwi/podcasts/episode/michael-laws-why-did-the-otago-regional-council-pay-usd5-3m-to-iwi

Central Government funding of Maori is in addition.

If you Google NZ Government Funding for Maori there are 15 pages of Google headings to search through to get an idea of the scale of it.
https://www.google.com/search?q=NZ+Government+Funding+for+Maori&sca_esv=da447278f1366733&sxsrf=ADLYWIJZVoXt2gZR66ugYDASwhzZHns1ig:1728803084089&ei=DHELZ8eRBfiX0-kP9cHv6QE&start=0&sa=N&sstk=Aagrsuj9W84hMmi2QmmqH1nKF1zzKznbTMKn5sgpl9Z6bkKBLSumG1tMM2-g2vMcj9z6of6p3j62FA95hbh4uBYgCJwhoeU5DDFc4J1MTf4ryUyzvcNpSHjbGkdXjmLEJfSJOn9hy3ZdguhWb_uOqF3to87-j7VorFA-sjOfXYy64LbNx-urkO1bq1pgKQYKWvR-Top1LSM-EPPAnxf3GnZKoUqft4OtqYIIW2_ogN-6hpLoxrzZQYeQv19OkPLXshOLSCwe4XkKG4C2PCz5BFbeG5U4SQ1-DBH4dgL8dAxU7WoIo5cWJkB1L2Df&ved=2ahUKEwjHx9qt5YqJAxX4yzQHHfXgOx04FBDy0wN6BAgFEAQ&biw=1262&bih=679&dpr=2