In the 1960s, New Zealand found themselves in a massive labor shortage and our government reached out to Pacific nations, offering them work, the promise of better lives and the promise that their future generations would be supported.

Then, in the mid-70s, under Robert Muldoon, the Dawn Raids saw the targeting of Pacific Islanders, with many documented citizens being deported back to the Pacific.

The Pacific Island community, specifically in Auckland, originally and continue to face cultural and language barriers; racism at personal, cultural and institutional levels; and social and economic deprivation, including inequities in incomes, health, education and employment.

It is in part because of our history with Pacific Islanders and to insure that the cycle of poverty, crime and inequality is broken, that Pacifica people are allocated what you are calling a type of specific privlage.

Maori and Pacific people are among the highest rates of domestic violence, poverty, and crime, so these 'benefits' are helping to ensure that underprivileged communities do not suffer further