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	Maori Members of Parliament - a history of New Zealand's House of Representatives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		It was not until the 1980s, and then with MMP from 1996, that Maori entered the House in greater numbers and represented electorates outside the traditional Maori seats.
		Four Maori seats were established, three in the North Island and one in the South, in time for the first elections for Maori members in 1868.
		Maori MPs faced a hard road in taking government policy out to their people, for bills and other parliamentary papers affecting Maori were seldom translated into te reo.
	www.nzhistory.net.nz /Gallery/parlt-hist/mps-maori.html (1131 words)

	History of the Vote : Māori and the Vote
		By that time some of the Maori members of Parliament were pressing for an increase in the number of seats, not only to better represent their population but also to reduce the size of their huge electorates.
		In 1976, however, the newly elected National government decided that the number of Maori seats was to remain fixed at four - whatever the outcome of the subsequent options.
		Before the first MMP election in 1996 the number of Maori seats was increased, for the first time in their 129-year history, to five.
	www.elections.org.nz /study/history/maori-vote.html (1205 words)

	Maori Makes a Difference
		Maori people need to become actively involved with any research project that addresses Maori affairs, from the earliest stage in the identification of the issues to be researched, to the translation of the research results into policy and action.
		Maori people, with appropriate training and the opportunity to bring their unique perspective and skills to bear, are generally in a better position to break down institutional barriers to Maori participation, because they are more likely to have inherent within them the necessary cultural predispositions.
		Maori administrators must not only reconcile themselves to their role within the institution, they are also expected to reconcile the relationship between the institution and its clientele.
	www.ankn.uaf.edu /curriculum/Articles/Maori_Makes_a_Difference.html (13111 words)

	The New Zealand Wars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Maori seats survived because to Maori they were at least a continuing guarantee that, in the quickly changing fortunes of political expediency, they would continue to have access to Parliament.
		Danny Keenan's comments on the Maori seats were selective as to the facts that did not serve his predetermined purpose, snide towards politicians and wrong at several points.
		Maori were never consulted in the early 1860s; and they were not consulted in 1867 when their franchise options were being debated by politicians.
	www.newzealandwars.co.nz /con_maorifranchise.html (3520 words)

	frogblog » Maori electoral option
		More Maori on the Maori roll doesn’t necessarily benefit the Greens electorally, but the ability to move between rolls is an important constitutional decision which the Greens support, and believe should be available to Maori more than once every five years.
		Except, if the Maori electoral option was continuous, or occured in the lead up to each election, then the number of voters on the Maori roll would no longer directly effect the number of Maori seats in Parliament.
		A Maori on the Maori roll who moves from Tamaki Makaura to Ikaroa-Rawhiti must change from the TM roll to the IR roll.
	blog.greens.org.nz /index.php/2006/07/04/maori-electoral-option (1463 words)

	Scoop: Protection Of The Maori Seats
		In spite of their inauspicious and indeed undemocratic beginnings Maori now regard those seats as the only guarantee of at least a minimal degree of representation.
		Maori already on a roll can opt to change only once every five years when the Maori electoral option is run.
		The level of protection for the Maori electoral seats is therefore highly discriminatory.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/PO0508/S00377.htm (1236 words)

	Massey News Article - Why Maori seats should stay
		Maori men therefore gain the universal franchise 12 years before non-Maori men who, until 1879, have to own or lease property of a certain value to have voting rights.
		National Party pledge to abolish the Maori seats if it leads the new Government requires only a simple majority in Parliament whereas provisions governing the general electoral system cannot be amended without the support of at least 75 per cent of all MPs, or through a national binding referendum.
		On the other hand, as the numbers currently stand, National simply cannot create a government without the Maori Party, and it’s difficult to see quite how National’s promise to abolish the Maori seats can be accommodated by a party whose very existence depends on those seats.
	masseynews.massey.ac.nz /2005/Press_Releases/09-20-05.html (995 words)

	Chronology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Maori radicals occupy a luxury hotel operated by the Department of Conservation demanding that the land and lodge be handed over to their tribe.
		Maori groups filed a challenge to New Zealand's immigration policy in 1991 on the grounds that it had been developed without consulting the country's indigenous people.
		Maori votes were split between two Maori candidates: the Maori independence movement representative political party - which got the bulk of the Maori vote but little nationwide support, and the New Zealand First Party led by Maori lawyer Winston Peters.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/data/nzmaorichro.htm (2364 words)

	Correspondents Report - New Zealand debates whether to scrap exclusive Maori Parliamentary seats
		DANNY KEENAN: The truth is Maori people are possibly divided on the issue, but the overwhelming Maori view is that they should be retained because what we see in our history I think is the Crown continuing to change legislation at will to suit its own purposes.
		We have a democracy that I believe is capable of allowing everyone representation of their interests, and therefore the Maori seats simply aren't needed in the way that they were in the past.
		So the way I interpret it is, Bill English is not saying what he's saying because he's trying to abolish the Maori seats, he's saying what he's saying because he's trying to claw back the National Party core support that he lost in the last election.
	www.abc.net.au /correspondents/content/2003/s862975.htm (765 words)

	frogblog » One law for all (seats)!
		Whatever one thinks about the merits of the Maori seats (and if you’re interested in the Greens’ view on why they’re a good thing, go and listen to yesterday’s audioblog), it’s hard to escape the conclusion that the way National is approaching the issue is extremely heavy-handed.
		First: the general electorate seats are entrenched, and thus require either a 75% vote in Parliament or a referendum to be changed, yet the Maori seats are not.
		The number of Maori seats (and the number of general seats) is determined following the census; by choosing at that time on which roll they wish to be, Maori determine both the number of Maori seats there are, and the number of general electorate seats there are in the North Island.
	blog.greens.org.nz /index.php/2005/09/01/one-law-for-all-seats (2450 words)

	Public Address \| Poll Dancer \| Maori Seats Bad
		We don't know, because the Maori seats encouraged distortionary tactical voting and discouraged people from using their votes to reflect how they want the country to be governed.
		They are list seats by another name, a kind of proto-proportional representation, in that it gave Maori minority representation in Parliament when a FPP system couldn't accommodate it.
		The Maori seats promote the formation of a separate Maori political community, and at its very core, it makes an assumption that I find unacceptable: That Maori have more politically in common with other Maori than with any Pakeha.
	www.publicaddress.net /print,2564.sm (906 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- New Zealand's indigenous Maori divided over opposition plan to abolish ...
		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.
		Set up in 1867 during British colonial rule, the seats were meant to ensure that the Maori had a role in public affairs at a time when European settlers and Maori were at war over land.
		Maori voter William Dunn, 55, backed Labour but said he would not mind if the seats were dropped.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050917-0751-newzealand-maori.html (431 words)

	Greens issue wero on Maori seats - Green Party
		But the fact is that the Maori seats are now about giving life to the Tiriti relationship between tangata whenua and tangata tiriti.
		Maori often suffer the most perfunctory of consultations, with little respect for their status as mana whenua.
		The Maori Party’s policy to reinstate the GE moratorium shows that the issue of GE remains high on the agenda in the Maori community, as it does across the country.
	www.greens.org.nz /searchdocs/PR9050.html (472 words)

	The Head Heeb: More on Maori
		However the gain did not directly benefit the MP, as their overhang was reduced from two seats to one, leaving them unchanged with four electorate seats.
		The Nats policy is to remove the Maori Seats, a suggestion that has been discussed this week in NZ blogs.
		Finally, the suggestion that Maori political identity is merely a matter of having an "interest in one area of politics" completely ignores the vital role of racial identity in colonial societies.
	headheeb.blogmosis.com /archives/029468.html (575 words)

	:: BlackElectorate.com ::
		The new party will certainly win one seat (that of its co-leader Tariana Turia), and is likely to win up to five others, leaving only Nanaia Mahuta to survive at the grace and favour of her Waikato Tainui iwi.
		Such is Maori resentment of their treatment over the foreshore and seabed that it should come as no surprise that the Maori Party now claims to have, at 17,000, the largest membership of any political party.
		In essence, the formation of the Maori Party was a "plague on both your houses" response to denial by both Labour and National of what most Maori saw as their right to their day in court.
	www.blackelectorate.com /print_article.asp?ID=1397 (882 words)

	The Maori Party - Home
		Assuming the Maori Party keeps its four seats and the party leaders in the House hold their electorates, it is a 122 seat House with one Progressive and one...
		Maori party co-leader Tariana Turia has delivered a message that Maori must be responsible for their own destiny.
		The Maori Party believes there is no good reason for treating Maori differently under the law in this area in terms of the protection of their property rights.
	www.maoriparty.com (1905 words)

	Working Group 19 - Maori Religion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Maori people have an eclectic make-up of the Christian religion with 32% of their population following the Anglican Church, 16% of the population following the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and 7% follow a combination of Methodist and Mormon faith.
		Although the Maori religion is still a strong faith for the Maori people the religion itself has adopted many Christian beliefs to become much different than what it was before the 1800’s.
		The Maori religion placed a strong spritual bond on all things that had an impact on their lives in nature, much like the Native American beliefs.
	www.personal.psu.edu /kxg215/maori_religion.html (949 words)

	Maori Party
		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...
		The Maori Party today endorsed the report from the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, citing it as a vindication of the position that thousands of tangata whenua and others took in challenging the Crown, in response to the Foreshore and Seabed Bill.
		Maori Party environmental spokesperson, and candidate for Tainui, Angeline Greensill, said that “The Maori Party believes the statement from the UN confirms the absolute outrage tangata whenua, and many other peoples felt last year at this act of blatant discrimination”.
	twm.co.nz /Maori_Party.html (2687 words)

	Green Left - Maori unite in new party
		The Maori seats are geographically the largest in the country — the Te Tai Tonga seat, for example, covers the entire South Island and a portion of Wellington.
		Before colonisation, Maori society was governed and organised in such a manner, where every tribe had the autonomy to express a variation of the common Maori culture and manage their own affairs within their own territory.
		More than 9000 Maori voted, a 60% turnout (high participation compared to other NZ by-elections.) The media quickly attempted to cover up this victory by stating that it was still a small percentage of the 26,000 Maori living in the electorate.
	www.greenleft.org.au /2004/591/32092 (1551 words)

	Public Address \| Poll Dancer \| Political Science Fisticuffs: Part 1
		My last post on the Maori seats have generated more comments than anything else on Poll Dancer thus far, and with the exception of one vitriolic nutter, I've really enjoyed getting the feedback from everyone that took the time to do it.
		For example, if we had separate "rural" seats that people living outside urban centres can opt into, then obviously those seats are going to be favourable for a party such as the Farmers' Rights Party, who can campaign exclusively for the electorate seats in ultra-friendly electorates while allowing those party votes to go to National.
		Similarly, voluntary Maori seats are bound to be stacked with Maori who consider race to be a primary issue, and thus an MP who consider race to be a primary issue is almost assured - freeing up the party votes to be tactically spent elsewhere.
	www.publicaddress.net /print,2571.sm (950 words)

	Maori Party wins 4 seats, considers its options - Newstalk ZB
		He says it is a new era of integrity and they will work to ensure the Maori seats remain.
		Maori Party members will be asked over the next week which party they want their MPs to negotiate a coalition deal with.
		It has wrestled four of the seven Maori seats from Labour, and secured two percent of the overall party vote.
	www.newstalkzb.co.nz /newsdetail1.asp?storyID=80423 (603 words)

	New Zealand's indigenous Maori divided over opposition plan to abolish privileges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Maori voter Karen Sale, 47, said she was torn over whether the Maori seats should be retained "after a hundred years of (Maori) being colonized."
		Set up in 1867 during the nation's colonial era, the seats were meant to ensure that the Maori had a voice in public affairs at a time when settlers and Maori were at war over land.
		The sooner continuing Maori historical land grievances were settled "the better, it splits the country too much," he said.
	www.freenewmexican.com /news/32616.html (688 words)

	POLITICS: New Zealand Polls Stir up Maori Issues
		Faced with three Maori members of her own party, pledging to vote against the bill, Clark brokered a deal with the populist, anti-immigration New Zealand First Party led by Winston Peters.
		While the seven seats in the New Zealand parliament, allocated to Maori people, have traditionally gone to the Labour Party, the fledgling party may now win three or four of the reserved seats.
		Brash's stance on Maori affairs and advocacy of across-the-board tax cuts, is likely to result in a re-alignment of the right-wing too.
	www.ipsnews.net /news.asp?idnews=30258 (1043 words)

	nationalpolicy
		The Maori seats are a part of New Zealand’s constitutional framework.
		Maori seats enable a Maori voice to be expressed on specific issues such as land,
		Although it is recognised that the Maori seats are not a
	www.investigatemagazine.com /nationalpolicy.htm (4087 words)

	New Zealanders Divided on Maori Seats: Angus Reid Global Monitor
		The rationale allocates 65 seats in the House of Representatives as first-past-the-post, and 55 seats through proportional representation party lists.
		We must choose between a nation in which every New Zealander is equal before the law, regardless of race, and a nation which is on the slippery slope to separatism." 78.8 per cent of respondents believe all New Zealanders should have a say in the future of the Maori seats.
		Also on Aug. 29, Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples said the political organization would not work with National, 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/8895 (401 words)

	National Party of New Zealand
		We must put this behind us if all of us – and Maori in particular – are to stop looking backward and start moving forward.
		Most Maori on the general roll vote for mainstream parties, and half of enrolled Maori prefer to enrol on the general roll rather than the Maori roll for general elections.
		Neither is there any basis for introducing Maori wards in local authority elections or having separate Maori representatives on DHBs or PHOs, and we will remove preferential references to Maori in Acts such as the Local Government Act and the Resource Management Act.
	www.national.org.nz /Article.aspx?ArticleID=4131 (715 words)

	Libertarianz - Libz Accept Turei's Challenge: "No Maori Seats!"
		The Maori seats in Parliament are an unwelcome relic of a patronising past offering a gerrymandered ticket to parliament for the apartheid-mongers of today.
		The Maori seats, race-based bias in legislation and the Treaty of Waitangi should all be consigned to the archive of interesting historical anomalies, thereby releasing the long-suffering taxpayer from supporting the separatist gravy-train."
		Thomsen admits he is a little bemused that Turei herself supports the retention of the Maori seats.
	www.libertarianz.org.nz /?libzpr=363 (287 words)

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