Photo / RNZ Pacific, Sela Jane HopgoodBy Dominic Godfrey of RNZNew Zealand's ethnic pay gap - where Pākehā men are paid 27 per cent more than Pasifika women - is being investigated by the Human Rights Commission. Saunoamaali'i Dr Karanina Sumeo says Pacific workers needed equal opportunities in the workplace, including for advancement, further education and training. There was a wide variety of issues to overcome and Sumeo used the care sector as an example. "When we ask people about the ethnic pay gap, some of them look at you like 'it's a thing?' They didn't think they had an ethnic pay gap until they looked at their data, and they did collect ethnicity data.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 19, 2021 07:29 UTC