Documents show Māori are unsuccessful at nearly twice the rate of Pākehā at getting Covid-19 income support from Work and Income.
The Covid Income Relief Payment - which starts at $450 a week - is about twice the jobseeker benefit, and Māori are much less likely to get it.
Welfare advocates and academics are calling it an example of systemic bias.
Hamish Cardwell has the story.
In a written response to RNZ Minister Sepuloni says she has asked MSD to analyse a sample of declined applications in order to understand more about the discrepancy.
