Christine Rankin On The Taxpayer-Funded Tangi Controversy

Michael Laws talks to Christine Rankin about the taxpayer-funded tangi controversy.
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[@rustyboyspeed]

Time to drain the swamp

[@ninjabeatz905]

Drain the Brown grifting swamp

[@steveboyd359]

More like a Sewer Rusty.

[@CreedenceClearHoarder]

High welfare costs are sinking NZ fast, we borrow just to keep the lights on every year and these Govt depts dont take it seriously. We need DOGE

[@BaldheadfromHuntly]

Beneficiaries are the heart blood of the economy. Money pumped in, money pumped straight back out.

[@jarrodwilson3914]

Crazy thing is. There is a movement happening about holding the council and government spending to account. Check out Rapid QS. He would be amazing on this podcast

[@janconway2880]

That is just ludicrous, this is just ripping the taxpayer off.

[@michaelsteffensen6844]

Imagine if she pursued employment with the same motivation she pursued a free lunch?

[@BaldheadfromHuntly]

$500 a week is a lot for doing fxck all. But $900 a week is fxck all for doing a lot. There ya go, that's half the problem, and a big reason why many prefer the benefit. Just given ya some free game 😉 Oh and let's not forget, that's $900 minus work related costs.. I don't blame people for choosing the benefit.

[@jacquelinedollard5791]

most grifting culture in the universe.

[@Smitty55888]

Its straight out APARTIED

[@BaldheadfromHuntly]

@@Smitty55888 apartheid pretty much translates to institutionalized separation, or a part. So we pretty much already have it 🤣🤣

[@geofflewis8599]

Apartheid was a system used in SA in which people who were not white could not vote, could not own private property, had to live where directed and their children were not required to be educated. Often inaccurately used to describe a quite different circumstance in NZ.

[@darrylsowerby7973]

Wrong

[@BaldheadfromHuntly]

@@darrylsowerby7973 usually when someone says something is wrong, they explain how it's wrong. But that's ok, just say wrong and leave it at that 🤣

[@darrylsowerby7973]

@ all that happened was a grant was approved. You red neck racists types are obsessed with race.

[@hariseldon3786]

My Chinese spiritual beliefs are incredibly important and traditional to me - so will I get a grant? If not - why not?

[@operatorsix6933]

bingo.....

[@ninjabeatz905]

Yes you get the Brown cuzzy grant

[@helenlizzystewart4908]

probably would as only white people would not get the grant

[@tomhoro6468]

Go for it give it your best see what happens let us know

[@stevenbrown8157]

Just identify as Maori for the grant lol. You wouldn't be the first

[@Sharpy7562]

Get musk audit all these gvt depts

[@operatorsix6933]

all these gov people are on welfare....... and have no problem giving them selves massive pay rises.....

[@Millektm]

Bloody disgrace, this country is toast.!

[@bobmasefield317]

Dont know whats worse these tangi payments or the rates rebate of $110k to a maori landowner who stopped paying rates to the NP district council 10years ago and was exempted under a 2021 act rating of whenua ammendment act, currently maori are on a roll where division based on race is running rampant, and the reason maori are objecting to the treaty principles bill.

[@WhiteKnight-f6g]

Yes and what is the woke weak Luxton doing about it - nothing!!

[@Pastaaa204]

Bro Maori were on the Maori electoral roll before David even started drafting the bill - we oppose it for a plethora of reasons, but others reduce us to dribbling baffoons that don't have a mind of their own. How condescending. I disagree W the Maori land owner being made exempt, you said they "stopped paying" which indicates at some point they were paying and had opted into the rates system. The only ones who can get the rates written off are those land owners that never opted into the rates system and land surveys were never legally conducted, rightfully anyways. You can't opt into something and then opt out without telling the other party or change the terms and conditions without the other party's consent without reprimand and consequences. That's debauchery. That mindset applies to the treaty principles bill.

[@moniquebode1655]

And they get away with it

[@moniquebode1655]

Woke PC bs

[@sheeeeeesh]

Wellington City Council is expanding this too. Tory Whanau thinks making ALL Maori land rates exempt, not just the listed ones currently. Hell you even get rates waived if you are Maori business that is 'likely to employ Maori.' We are so screwed.

[@winterrosebeaumont6209]

Wow!!! I totally get the financial assistance for the Tangi costs.... But for the Kai? Where is the rest of the Whanau to chip in and help out. This is a class case of a meal ticket.

[@margarettyler58]

I think it was for her ex husband, so no longer her legal family.

[@DownUnderWarboss]

This is ridiculous

[@ninjabeatz905]

Brown grifting at it's best

[@hariseldon3786]

the "Maori Economy" (investments and land) is worth $70 BILLION - why can't the funding come out of that?

[@Pastaaa204]

Because it's not separate from the nz economy😂 they are indeed taking funding from the Maori economy, relaaaaax. One clear distinction I'd like to make is the fact aside from borrowed loans from banks and individual loan sharks, the nz economy was built off Maori land and investments and continues to be bolstered by that via criminally low rental rates on Maori whenua allowing certain businesses and families to thrive - often it doesn't even cover the rates, let alone insurance premiums if we can afford it. So even today Maori loss is benefitting modern day pakeha families, I think it's really sad you're advocating for more loss. I think it's time you take a hard look in the mirror to see who's really riding the gravy train. That 70 billion isn't reflective of the true settlement sums, it's dishonest to demand a portion of the pittance we were given (most cases reparations are less than 1 percent, this is all the crown was willing to part with. Maori took a 99.91% loss and managed to do what the new zealand govt could never and build it up through our own merits without having to rely on punching down on minority groups to line your public purse. To expect more is shameful, but pakeha are a shameless people🤷🏻‍♀️

[@thelonelyfisherman9797]

Last i heard,Iwi are exempt from tax??thats how it got to 70 billion ​@Pastaaa204

[@druckerman247]

​@@Pastaaa204nice you fit into the category of hate filled dickhead. No ambiguity there.

[@PunisherNZL]

​@Pastaaa204 spoken like a true generational dole bludger. Get off the gravy train scab

[@TheAllEngineering]

Because the people that are in charge of the purse strings rip it off. All they are worried about is lining their own pockets whilst the people that could benefit from the money get nothing. They are stealing from their own people. Every so often they will make a token gesture to appease the masses.

[@carl3941]

The treaty says nothing about the government paying for Maori's things.

[@moniquebode1655]

They milk it for all that they can

[@adrianvanniekerken-lp5oj]

Classify it as fraudulent and put the whole bunch responsible before the court

[@moniquebode1655]

Thats why Seymours bill of equality to all NZers is so important. Thats why Maori are against it

[@xtreme3minutevideos887]

It has also always been a traditional custom at European funerals to provide food, so presumably we qualify for the financial assistance from MSD as well.

[@lindachandler2247]

what happened to whanau bringing their koha as is usual.We can't let this happen.

[@BaldheadfromHuntly]

It's too late, you've already let it happen 😂

[@sueedwards9334]

Yes, Maori are always bragging about how they always support their 'whanau'!! Seems they're not as nice as they want us to think they are.

[@TheAllEngineering]

Cannibalism ensured that there was kai for the tangi !!!

[@BaldheadfromHuntly]

@@TheAllEngineering nothing wrong with eating a bit of teke 😝😋😛🤪

[@Jeremy-u3i]

Other Māori creaming the taxpayers money The whole system is beyond broken

[@66patc]

piss off then if you can't stand Maaori culture😂

[@bob24611]

Maybe as a white fella i can claim if im hungry as long as i claim for maori food... say KFC

[@KiwiJon]

Yeah right, even if your about to lose ya home all winz will offer is a supermarket voucher... been there...

[@BaldheadfromHuntly]

​​@@KiwiJonyou didn't contest the decision enough. Did you ask for a review on how they came to that decision? Did you ask if those handling the review, were of the same ethnicity as you, as they are more in tuned with your cultural needs? Watch em squirm.

[@irenecooney7066]

Really not just Maori get off your high horse.

[@michellecameron1370]

Auckland city council spend $1.2 million on a xmas tree and yet food banks are struggling !!!!!

[@SandBox-ik5xq]

Me for next PM....my mandate is simple.........DO WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT...# 1...the people put in their own members of parliament....hence,they are not installed by the government.....# 2 make electricity cheap again...I have a plan...and once again people of NZ have total imput to implement this....more to come♡

[@ageingtrucker]

Do non Maori get the same grants or not ?

[@BaldheadfromHuntly]

If it's a treaty breach 😂

[@KiwiJon]

Haa yeah right

[@moniquebode1655]

No pakeha don't get same rights

[@NZ_Kiwi1010]

You can see it now. Everyone can and will apply for free money from the taxpayers' money box.

[@KiwiJon]

To be honest I'm not surprised at all. It's always been like that. We need trump and musk to sort out our govt books and wasteful spending, luxon and co are working far too slow

[@AnneChatterley]

This is unbelievable. A complete waste of our tax money.

[@janerichardson147]

This is so wrong. I'm a full-time carer for my Mum who has Alzhiemer's so I am grateful to have a government that ables me to stay home with her. We budget and make what we receive work. The more I listen to this Platform the more WTH!! I think, in minority Maori behaving and speaking. Don't come at me with hate rhetoric for I am majority Maori that feels that this is NOT ok.

[@moniquebode1655]

Yea its not right. Fairness for everyone

[@eileencoulter6263]

Just imagine the out cry if this was a European scam,as its us that pay for it,when is it our time to get handouts

[@Pastaaa204]

You guys got yours starting about 150-180years ago and ending on a mass scale in the 1990s. The families that used this period of European growth to their advantage actually still benefit highly from handouts from the government - which I'd hate to break to you, but the amount certainly dwarfs all amounts allocated towards anything Maori related - not just the "handouts"

[@neilivory7278]

​@@Pastaaa204I'm with you all the way on that and your other factual comments.

[@ianfaulkner238]

Always common sense from Christine.

[@rusty1538]

You would think that the Whanau, knowing the circumstances, would all chip in, but no. Now a precedence has been set, they will all claim for it now. This should now be allowed for all ethnicities , maybe set a limit and stick to it. The Race Conciliator should be demanding Equal rights in this

[@Cyril_Squirrel]

Don't be silly. Whanau is immaterial in Maori life. There's lot of evidence to support that stance. Maybe their tribal chiefs could pay for it from treaty settlements.

[@BaldheadfromHuntly]

All you have to do, is ask for a review of the decision.. Then if its denied, you ask for a review of that decision, and ask if the people doing this review, are of similar ethnicity, as they are more intune with your cultural needs. Watch them squirm.

[@mrivantchernegovski3869]

Well my traditions are Cavier and vodka will i get a grant for that,isnt the MSD the big controler of all of this

[@BaldheadfromHuntly]

I grant you some canned tuna, and potato's for your vodka.

[@mrivantchernegovski3869]

@@BaldheadfromHuntly Nice tho pork sauages and potatoes go great with chilled vodka ,and once a bottle is opened throw the cap away as it must be drank then and there lol

[@BaldheadfromHuntly]

@@mrivantchernegovski3869 za zdorovye!

[@mrivantchernegovski3869]

@@BaldheadfromHuntly Cheers to you to

[@RaechelWeir]

Unbeeeelieevable. But then again it's not..

[@2wheelGamer]

Yous have to realise maori have money invested into the maori communities. What was labour doing?? Feeding the communities with Meth

[@BaldheadfromHuntly]

No, this clip demonstrates Maori haven't got money to invest into the Maori communities. Literally asking(demanding) the tax payer to pay 😂

[@Pedromathews234]

I can trace my ancestors back to the Vikings. So instructed the Executor of my will to apply to MSD for a longship so i can be cremated in it, copius ales and food for family snd Friday anf to acccompany me into the afterlife.

[@Pedromathews234]

Friends that should of read.

[@Southwinds7736]

The grant helps pay for a coffin and Hurst if required, usually the whanau would koha for food over the 3 days of the Tangi. The grant helps families who are on a benefit like a solo mum who loses a child for example.

[@ronaldwarren1267]

Vote on referendum so then we all know how things are , new Zealand we have to stop the gravey train otherwise the man wearing a hat will be do more than calling the shots

[@poppyfuller27]

Unbelieveable! 'Shame"

[@orlandogardner5288]

third world here we come

[@sueedwards9334]

Can we guess the race/ethnicity of the person approving the appeal??

[@KathAllen-z1d]

Could not believe it when I read about this decision. My brother killed in an accident 3 years ago and because we could not afford much we had a basic funeral and then everyone adjourned to a cafe for coffee. Still honoring him without having provide expensive food.

[@ninjabeatz905]

Welcome Christine

[@platinumspec]

MSD are a mess. There are multiple legal cases building up due to the practices and behaviour of employee's behaviour. Can tell you with confidence that there are individuals trying to bring cases against MSD that are gonna cost the crown alot of money and msd's HR department are having big problems with staff over it. Example the manager who wrote a letter accusing a father of making up the rape of his daughter. The manager is very upset that her employee lied to her which was what the decline was based on and while she is being threatened legally by the gp with a lawsuit she has gone to HR who have a real dilemma on their hands. Get the popcorn kids - this is gonna be a ripper of a watch

[@BaldheadfromHuntly]

Yawn

[@richarddejong6893]

This is not new- at least 8 years as a friend working there informed me

[@Southwinds7736]

It also only goes up to a certain amount. Which I think is usually $2k which a coffin and Hurst will cost.

[@rowanscott915]

Luxon has to go. Sick of this so called leader missing in action.

[@blairdalgleish8247]

They have created a monster

[@BaldheadfromHuntly]

She always reminds me of the woman who was running CYFS.

[@Smitty55888]

She did

[@BaldheadfromHuntly]

@Smitty55888 oh I thought it was a different lady.. so Christine was in charge of WINZ and CYFS? Naaaaaaa

[@selwyndyer8357]

What a can of worms,who is Māori,how much can I get,do I have to pay it back,how many times can I apply,is there any oversight,can any other ethic person apply for this grant and the PM does nothing.

[@crtlover]

It wasn't a special needs grant. It was a funeral grant.

[@Creekrock44]

if she was not maori she would have got nothing i presume ,

[@Bellxking]

That’s not true anyone can ask for that assistance

[@BaldheadfromHuntly]

@@Bellxking how's that true? The reason it was granted was a treaty breach.

[@Creekrock44]

@@Bellxking but it depends on color believe me , we know this well .

[@Bellxking]

@@BaldheadfromHuntly I say it’s not true because WINZ provides funeral support to anyone in financial need, regardless of ethnicity. Māori tangihanga have specific cultural costs that WINZ recognises just like they recognise different funeral needs for other communities. If a Pākehā family needed food for their funeral gathering or wake, they could also apply for help. They’d need to explain why the costs were necessary for their grieving process, just like Māori need to explain why tangihanga related costs are essential. If WINZ declined their request unfairly, they’d have the right to challenge that decision just like Māori do when their applications get denied.

[@BaldheadfromHuntly]

@@Bellxking then why was a treaty breach used as the reason to grant? Don't be disingenuous and tell me that all new Zealanders can claim a treaty breach.

[@honeybadger7002]

Jeeeeeeeessssuuusss!! 🙄

[@christopherwalton1373]

Burn that money 💰

[@annekevandenberg8165]

Classic case of things going too far.

[@leonmaurice6416]

I like her glasses. They look expensive.

[@BaldheadfromHuntly]

Christine Rankin, paid by the tax payer for YEARS.. AND FXCKN GOOD MONEY TO

[@MaryMcLardy]

I’m on a pension and had the unfortunate need for an ambulance twice in a week. I had to pay $200 for the ambulance. I rang MSD and asked for help. I was told they will pay for $100 towards the bill but the money will be taken out of the pension . I have to pay it back. I’m thankful for the help. I do wonder if I was maori I might of got more help.

[@johnjones9750]

so where are their IWI in times like these. They have plenty of money .

[@BaldheadfromHuntly]

I lived next door to Toku Morgan 28 years ago. I can't remember if it was 3 Mercedes and 2 BMW's, or 3 BMW's and 2 Mercedes. No joke.

[@Cyril_Squirrel]

People are dying all over the country. If ya gunna pay for the grub after a funeral for one group, they should be prepared to pay for all groups.

[@andysaunders3708]

I understand that you can request a Review of Decision without leaving the building, and MSD are legally obliged to start the process. I've been told that an ROD will generally cost $10K to complete, so, naturally, MSD tends to fold, as it's uneconomical for them to do otherwise. I'm not pilling that $10K figure out of thin air - I can't see how it would cost so much, but from what I understand, that's the figure. From an unimpeachable source, I might add... Yeah, so for those who know how the system works to their advantage, that's the simplest way to get what you want. Precedent already set, long ago, I'm afraid. I can see both arguments, but I'm buggered if I can see how it's fair. PS - I'm on a benefit, and I'm on the bones of my arse. I don't have the moral bankruptcy to do this, much as I probably could. I HATE being on a benefit, although I'm grateful for it, but it's not Jobseekers, and I'm still applying for jobs anyway, with or without assistance from MSD. Jeez - where are all the jobs? Ask our government, I guess.

[@davidfentonhancock6646]

Same old shite.......

[@hoodyhoori]

thanks cuz for the 3 doles i get have a great day at work tommorow cuzzy in winz cos im winng haha

[@moniquebode1655]

And if our country is bankrupt you'll still be holding your hand out. You should be ashamed

[@rickdodson3143]

You ain't winning you waste of skin you need to be in a offal hole

[@billdennis3681]

Money for one kiwi and no money for the other kiwi.

[@taniajonathan1019]

as a layman I wanna know cheers

[@fredhayward1350]

Doesn't just apply to Maori, the decision was all people who are eligible and need help can apply for resonable funeral costs regardless of Race etc. I don't think I have ever been to a funeral where a cuppa tea and a sandwich have not been offered. It's part of all our cultures.

[@BaldheadfromHuntly]

Not really, the reason it was upheld, was a treaty breach. Are all New Zealanders covered under treaty breaches? I don't think so.

[@rayclark3043]

But paid for by the state???

[@stevenbrown8157]

Yea right.. if a Pakeha applies you idiots will cry

[@billdennis3681]

Every kiwi needs to get a $ 1000.00 from now on.

[@trishkerr-v3r]

Ok go back and look at the $$$$ Christine Rankin spent on her staff , on a trip/ weekend at tax payers expense?????

[@markbehrnes820]

There were no charges at the time Polkinghorn addressed the issue with Seymour, therefore, no interfering with th court process. More importantly, how did the so called letter get released? Now there's the question.

[@BaldheadfromHuntly]

Youve replied to the wrong clip.

[@markbehrnes820]

@BaldheadfromHuntly yeah I know... my typing skills aren't speedy. Video finished, and I hadn't. Anyway, plenty will still read it and comment if they like.

[@warwickcarpenter3630]

So this is the woman, who under her tenure, spent $100s of K on team building workshops etc in plush setting like Wairakei!

[@taniajonathan1019]

I hate right now that maori was the reason for realistate agent losing her right to earn money because of something like this is this a another maori bashing

[@BaldheadfromHuntly]

Christine is one of those women, who walk past the building site, and all the lads can smell her perfume, and they start howling like hungry wolfs 😂

[@briansmaller7443]

Well she had side boob that got Richard Prebble's brother all hot and flustered.

[@BaldheadfromHuntly]

​@@briansmaller7443I've been thinking..😂😂😂

[@margaretparsons648]

Yuk theyre not that desperate

[@taniajonathan1019]

why are you worried about poor people friend

[@66patc]

If yous don't like Maaori culture then piss off 😂simple Maaori are people of the land who invited foreigners to live with us Maaori +crown😅

[@nickc9404]

pay for it yourself then ya fkn ballbag

[@greatwhite9428]

You 🤡s don't like white people, so why don't you head off back to your bush & eat some huhu grubs,get out of that white man built house & ditch the colonial clothes.

[@Kris-o7t]

What about the royal's who pays for that.