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	Maori - MSN Encarta
		The Maori held many beliefs in common with other Polynesians, including concepts such as tapu (taboo), mana (prestige or honor of a social group or individual), mauri (life force), utu (revenge), and makutu (sorcery).
		The Maori population declined rapidly as a result of the wars and European diseases, such as influenza, measles, and whooping cough, to which they had little resistance.
		Maori claims to lands unjustly taken from them in the 19th century are still being debated.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761561028/Maori.html (1461 words)

	The wrong white crowd - World - www.smh.com.au
		The Maori revival and the policies which made tribal reinvigoration possible, "so changed the face of New Zealand in the 1980s and 1990s that their cumulative effect could legitimately be called a revolution", King wrote.
		But as a group, Maori are still far more likely to be unemployed, poor, arrested, to die in car accidents or to commit suicide, and can expect to live six to seven years less than their non-Maori contemporaries.
		The Maoris, King wrote, "managed to survive as a viable population and to convert an imported culture into an indigenous one with recognisable antecedents in east Polynesia, but inextricably connected to the roots and soil of New Zealand".
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/11/19/1100838227739.html?from=storylhs (1414 words)

	Māori Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The party has high hopes for the future, and has stated an intent to contest all seven Māori seats.
		Tamihere has also said that the party's leaders "belong to a relatively wealthy, educated élite" whose "reality is considerably removed from the overwhelming majority of Māori." Tamihere claims that Māori have more interest in issues such as health, education, and employment than in the comparatively academic issue of the "foreshore and seabed".
		However, in the end, no deal was done and the Maori Party stayed in Opposition, citing that they were not prepared to compromise their positions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maori_Party (925 words)

	Encyclopedia: Maori Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Maori Party, a political party in New Zealand based around Maori citizens, formed around Tariana Turia, a former Labour Party member who had been a New Zealand Cabinet minister in the current Labour-dominated coalition government.
		Maori Party logo, contended to be fair use This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo.
		Political parties in New Zealand The Dominion Post is a metropolitan broadsheet newspaper published in Wellington, owned by the Australian Fairfax group, owners of The Age of Melbourne and The Sydney Morning Herald.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Maori-Party (1877 words)

	Maori Party -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The party has high hopes for the future, and has stated an intent to contest all seven (additional info and facts about Maori seats) Maori seats.
		Tamihere has also said that the party's leaders "belong to a relatively wealthy, educated élite" whose "reality is considerably removed from the overwhelming majority of Maori." Tamihere claims that Maori have more interest in issues such as health, education, and employment than in the comparatively academic issue of the "foreshore and seabed".
		The Maori Party also failed to gain the backing of (additional info and facts about Ngai Tahu) Ngai Tahu, one of the most influential (and wealthy) (additional info and facts about iwi) iwi.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/maori_party.htm (851 words)

	New Zealand's Maori Party wins four seats - Boston.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Maori Party is adamant the set-aside seats continue, although support was mixed Saturday among indigenous voters.
		Karen Sale, a 47-year-old Maori who voted for the nationalist NZ First party, said she was torn over whether the Maori set-aside seats should be retained.
		Maori voter William Dunn, 55, backed Labour but said he would not mind if the seats were dropped.
	www.boston.com /news/world/australia/articles/2005/09/17/new_zealands_maori_party_wins_four_seats (456 words)

	Sue Bradford \| The Huffington Post (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Maori Party has been the focus of last minute lobbying over a bill by Green Party MP Sue Bradford outlawing the use of force for disciplining children.
		The Maori Party appears to hold the balance of power on the issue, with its votes expected to be crucial...
		Party MP Sue Bradford is "quietly hopeful" her bill outlawing the use of force for disciplining children, has the numbers to pass.
	www.huffingtonpost.com /people/Sue+Bradford (701 words)

	Race Relations in New Zealand - Part III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This was at the same time that both Maori and European New Zealanders were being buffeted by the winds of economic change that saw unprecedented levels of unemployment and poverty sweep the country.
		It was Maori, though, who sought to keep the New Right juggernaut in check through the New Zealand Maori Council taking a case to the Court of Appeal in 1987 over the exercise of Maori rights in government privatisations, which they won.
		Maori continued to figure disproportionately in all the negative social indices in terms of enduring higher unemployment and imprisonment rates, etc. Despite the progress made on treaty issues in the last twenty years, the promise of full citizenship that the treaty held out for them had never been fulfilled.
	globalpolitician.com /articles.asp?ID=315&print=true (1415 words)

	ZNet \|Activism \| An Indigineous Party Threatens the Establishment
		She quickly rose to cabinet level where her networks amongst poor Maori and community welfare agencies were invaluable to a Labour Government that had promised to "close the gaps" between Maori and non-Maori.
		Maori were further troubled when the Government began to signal that it was prepared to re-define Government's obligations to the nation's founding document, a treaty between white settlers and Maori.
		It is these seven seats that Turia's Maori Party is threatening to wrest from Labour at next year's General election and more representation may be gained by contesting ordinary seats, thereby pushing up the party's share of the overall vote.
	www.zmag.org /content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=1&ItemID=5970 (997 words)

	New Zealand (09/06)
		The Maori gradually recovered from population decline and, through interaction and intermarriage with settlers and missionaries, adopted much of European culture.
		Executive authority is vested in a cabinet led by the prime minister, who is the leader of the political party or coalition of parties holding the majority of seats in parliament.
		The country's major political parties have generally agreed on the broad outlines of foreign policy, and the current coalition government has been active in multilateral fora on issues of recurring interest to New Zealand--trade liberalization, environment, and arms control.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/35852.htm (4209 words)

	MP's joke turns sour for Clark in NZ poll - World - theage.com.au
		Labour, on 50 seats, already has the support of the Greens (six seats) and the Progressive Party (one seat) while the Maori Party, a potent new force with four seats, is also expected to favour Labour.
		Labour is on the back foot with the Maori community after it legislated to stop court challenges to legislation that enshrined the seabed and foreshores in public ownership.
		A party's share of seats is filled first by candidates who win electorate seats and then by other candidates on the party list.
	www.theage.com.au /news/world/mps-joke-turns-sour-for-clark-in-nz-poll/2005/09/18/1126981948227.html (787 words)

	Minority Parties to Decide New Zealand Election - Worldpress.org
		The Green party, with six seats, is a Labor ally and is expected to support a Labor government though its exact status has yet to be determined.
		However, Maori party leaders will be unlikely to negotiate with the Nationals given their stated policy of winding back indigenous rights including the abolishing of special Maori seats in the New Zealand parliament.
		Also promising wide-ranging tax cuts, smaller government and an end to special reserved Maori seats in the parliament, the ex-governor of the Reserve Bank captured the imagination of voters and took the Nationals to the brink of victory, increasing their number of seats in the parliament from 27 to 49.
	www.worldpress.org /print_article.cfm?article_id=2271&dont=yes (1029 words)

	::.Angus Reid Consultants.::
		The governing Labour party is in second place with 39 per cent, followed by New Zealand First and the Greens both with six per cent.
		In the 2002 ballot, her Labour party elected 52 lawmakers to the 120-seat legislative branch.
		Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples criticized Brash, saying, "The (Treaty of Waitangi) was written by 150,000 Maori and 2,000 Pakeha, prescribing a formula for living together, and prescribing a set of rights by which Europeans can settle in this country.
	www.angus-reid.com /polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/8755 (427 words)

	Maori Party calling for revolution? \| Sir Humphrey's (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Maori Party isn't calling for a revolution yet, but this "assertion of rights" is pretty close.
		Maori Party MP Te Ururoa Flavell had issued a call to arms for all Maori to assert their rights to occupy land in relation to treaty settlement claims.
		Activists must be encouraged by the Green Party which believes we should honour the Maori version of the treaty which give "chiefs" tino rangitiratanga and the crown kawangatanga.
	www.sirhumphreys.com /lucyna/2007/feb/27/maori_party_calling_for_revolution (2613 words)

	Maori Party says work for the dole - Newstalk ZB
		The Maori Party is advocating a "work for the dole" scheme, saying if people have to work for their benefit they have an incentive to get off it.
		She says she is keen to hammer out something more concrete with the Maori Party, and she has already had some informal discussions with Dr Sharples.
		Ms Collins says she is encouraged the Maori Party is acknowledging the number of beneficiaries is a serious issue in the Maori community.
	www.newstalkzb.co.nz /newsdetail1.asp?storyID=111310 (441 words)

	NEW ZEALAND: Maori Party Holds Key After Hung Poll Verdict
		The leader of the Maori Party, Tariana Turia, has flagged that, over the next two weeks, she and her three new colleagues will convene hui (consultation meetings) with supporters, around the country, to determine which of the major parties they should back or any at all.
		For the Maori Party, the price of supporting a minority Labour government could be concessions on Maori rights to the foreshore and funding for Maori-specific education, health and welfare programmes.
		Ironically, National Party leader, Don Brash, would only be able to assemble a majority in the unlikely event that he wins support from the Maori Party.
	www.ipsnews.net /news.asp?idnews=30323 (1078 words)

	Maori News Online and Maori Portal - Te Karere Ipurangi
		Tauranga Maori are poised to occupy a reserve on Taupiro Pt in an attempt to stop the local council building a park over what they claim is a historic burial ground.
		Maori education is approached from a "deficit model" and a change is needed if it is to be improved, Maori MP Hone Harawira said today.
		A Maori parliament or council of elders is being flagged by Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres to improve consultations between Maori and the Crown.
	www.maorinews.com /karere (1703 words)

	Rallying call upsets Brash \| POLITICS \| NEWS \| tvnz.co.nz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		National Party leader Don Brash says a call for Maori to fight to the death over the foreshore and seabed is deplorable.
		The country's newest political party was established after Tariana Turia quit the Labour Party, and it intends to contest all seven Maori seats.
		Party policy was high on the agenda over the weekend, including plotting the course to next year's election.
	tvnz.co.nz /view/news_politics_story_skin/461304?format=html (277 words)

	Maori political voice in jeopardy : ICT [2005/09/20]
		At the same time, the leader of New Zealand's National Party has pledged to stop ''race-based policies'' by removing the Parliamentary seats reserved for Maori lawmakers if he is elected in the Sept. 17 general elections.
		National Party leader Don Brash has pledged to wind back what he calls race-based policies if his center-right party takes power, including abolishing the seven seats in the country's 120-seat Parliament reserved for Maori lawmakers and scrapping welfare programs aimed directly at tackling Maori needs.
		The Maori Party, the nation's first indigenous party, was founded last year partly in response to the legislation and could win up to six seats at the elections, according to the latest polls.
	www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1096411597 (842 words)

	The Maori Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Maori Party was officially registered as a political party on June 9th and launched the draft logo of the Party.
		Colours - The party colours are adopted from the proverb of the first Maori King, Potatau Te Wherowhero; 'Kotahi te kohao o te ngira e kuhuna ai te miro ma, te miro pango me te miro whero'.
		The interim President of the Maori Party, Professor Whatarangi Winiata, also announced that all processes had been completed to officially register the Party with the Electoral Commission.
	www.tangatawhenua.com /logo.htm (322 words)

	Maori Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Maori party co-leader Dr Pita Sharples said concerns raised by some speakers at the meeting over its focus and the speed with which it was being put together were normal...
		Turia was considered most favoured Maori MP by 19.9% of voters on the Maori roll, ahead of Winston Peters on 11.1%, Associate Maori Affairs Minister John Tamihere on 6.7% and Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia on 5.4%.
		Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples yesterday demanded to know what had happened to his "1000 missing years" in a passionate maiden speech in Parliament that castigated fellow MPs, the media and "redneck New Zealanders".
	twm.co.nz /Maori_Party.html (2697 words)

	New-Zealand-Elections, 2nd Writethru Bgt,.. #####..REUSE STORY ID..!!!!...####
		Clark's Labour party won 51 seats to the main opposition National party's 50 seats in the poll Saturday, giving neither party an overall majority in the new 122-seat Parliament.
		The new Maori party, with four MPs, was seen by commentators as holding a key clutch of seats that might prevent the National party from taking power.
		The Maori party earlier ruled out working with the National party unless the policy was revised.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/world/050917/w091778.html (627 words)

	Pacific Media Watch
		Trotter said the Maori Party was emerging as a national party for Maori, much as the African National Congress had for fl South Africans.
		Maori Affairs Minister and Ikaroa-Rawhiti MP Parekura Horomia and Tainui MP Nanaia Mahuta would be the only Maori Labour MPs to hold their electorates.
		In the party vote, the poll shows Labour and the Maori Party are only 0.1 percentage points apart in support from voters on the Maori roll.
	www.pmw.c2o.org /2005/nz4705.html (761 words)

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