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H U M A N R I G H T S COMMISSION | A FAIR GO FOR ALL?
of structural discrimination. Mäori face barriers to home
ownership, for example, in not being able to provide
papakäinga (multiple-owned) land as collateral to banks
when seeking loans. The käinga whenua loan scheme,
introduced in February 2010, seeks to remedy this barrier.67
Failure to address the root causes of these socio-economic
inequities, including poverty, is itself a form of structural
discrimination. The continuing gap in socio-economic
indicators between ethnic groups underscores the need
to tackle structural sources of inequality. As such, a
comprehensive policy approach should take into account
and seek to address both structural barriers to equality and
embedded social and economic factors.