and let’s not forget that one in seven New Zealanders is a Maori. But the current approach - far from improving the position of Maori and the state of race relations is having the opposite effect. Over the past 15 years, a huge amount of this country’s resources in the form of money, time, and intellect has apparently been devoted to overcoming Maori disadvantage but that Maori disadvantage persists.
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