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  2. Māori people - Wikipedia

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    Two Māori language television channels broadcast content in the Māori language, [92] [93] while words such as "kia ora" have entered widespread use in New Zealand English. [ 94 ] Government recognition of the growing political power of Māori and political activism have led to limited redress for historic land confiscations.

  3. Māori history - Wikipedia

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    Measles, typhoid, scarlet fever, whooping cough and almost everything, except plague and sleeping sickness, have taken their toll of Maori dead". [63] A korao no New Zealand; or, the New Zealander's first book was written by missionary Thomas Kendall in 1815, and is the first book written in the Māori language.

  4. List of ethnic origins of New Zealanders - Wikipedia

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    European New Zealanders are a European ethnic group. It includes New Zealanders of European descent, European peoples (e.g. British, Irish, Dutch, German, Russian, Italian, Greek), and other peoples of indirect European descent (e.g. Americans, Canadians, Australians and South Africans,). Māori are the indigenous people of New Zealand.

  5. Why New Zealand’s Maori are fighting to save an 1840 treaty ...

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    An umbrella group comprising at least 80 Maori tribes has sent an open letter to King Charles III demanding that he intervene in New Zealand politics and ensure the government honours its ...

  6. Women in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    Women in New Zealand are women who live in or are from New Zealand. Notably New Zealand was the first self-governing country in the world where women were entitled to vote. In recent times New Zealand has had many women in top leadership and government roles, including three female Prime Ministers, most recently Jacinda Ardern.

  7. Asian New Zealanders - Wikipedia

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    [10] On 26 April 2005, he said: "Māori will be disturbed to know that in 17 years' time they will be outnumbered by Asians in New Zealand", an estimate disputed by Statistics New Zealand, the government's statistics bureau. Peters quickly responded that Statistics New Zealand had underestimated the growth-rate of the Asian community in the ...

  8. Culture of New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    The culture of New Zealand is a synthesis of indigenous Māori, colonial British, and other cultural influences.The country's earliest inhabitants brought with them customs and language from Polynesia, and during the centuries of isolation, developed their own Māori and Moriori cultures.

  9. New Zealanders - Wikipedia

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    English (New Zealand English) is the dominant language spoken by New Zealanders, and a de facto official language of New Zealand. According to the 2013 New Zealand census, [85] 96.1% of New Zealanders spoke English. The country's de jure official languages are Māori (Te Reo) and New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL). Other languages are also used ...