socio-economically deprived communities, including primary health care delivered by Whānau Ora providers. Employment 78. While labour market outcomes for Māori have continued to improve slightly; the Māori unemployment rate (11%) at September 2016 was twice the national rate.62 Labour market participation was also slightly lower (at 66.8% compared to the national rate of 69.2%).63 79. The rate of Māori young people not engaged in employment, education or training (“NEET”), while lessening slightly in recent years, is also higher than that of other ethnic groups. As at September 2016, the NEET rate for Māori was around double that of Europeans (19.5% for Māori and 9.2% for Europeans).64 80. The labour market participation rate for Pasifika in March 2017 was 67.2% (up 4.2% from the previous year). Fewer Pasifika were NEET, 17%. The Pasifika unemployment rate also dropped to 10%. However, it remained almost double the national average. 81. Recommendation 9: That the Committee urges the Government to work in partnership with Māori and Pasifika to: (a) Set targets to increase the representation of Māori and Pasifika in corporate governance and senior management in the public sector over the next reporting period; and (b) Strengthen its efforts to increase the participation of Māori and Pasifika in the labour market. State Care (LOT 13) Historic cases of abuse in state care 82. Between the 1950s and 1980s more than 100,000 vulnerable children and adults were taken from their families and placed in children’s homes and mental health institutions. More than half of these children were Māori, with some state homes reporting that upwards of 80 per cent of their residents were Māori. Some individuals were put into care for minor transgressions such as truanting, others 62 http://www.mbie.govt.nz/info-services/employment-skills/labour-market-reports/Māori -labour-market/Māori in-the-labour-market-report/Māori -in-the-labour-market-2011-2016 63 Ibid. 64 Ibid. 20