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| | The Maori Year |
 | | The year began with national polarization when Maori, as equal citizens under the Treaty of Waitangi and English common law, asked the courts to examine the continuing existence of their pre-colonial aboriginal, native or customary ownership of the seabed and foreshore. |
 | | Maori will number 750,000 in 2021, our average age will be 27 compared with 43 for non-Maori, and we will comprise 28% of all under-14s. |
 | | Long-time servant of grass-roots communities, mother of six, grandmother of 24 and fosterparent of 30 Maori and pakeha children, she combines the strength of Eva Rickard with the motherhood of Whina Cooper, the hands-on commitment of Princess Te Puea and the principled dignity of Mira Szasy. |
| www.arena.org.nz /maoriyr.htm (1526 words) |
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