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Article: Maori issues.
- Article from:
- The Contemporary Pacific
- Article date:
- March 22, 2003
- Author:
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In a year dominated by the approaching general election, Maori have watched the government, including Maori members of parliament, steer away from any public debate on Maori issues. In recent years, Maori members have come under sustained attack from the conservative opposition and the mainstream media whenever they have attempted to articulate Maori aspirations for greater control over their lives. Calls from non-Maori lending support to those aspirations generally receive little or no media coverage. So on Waitangi Day in February 2002, when Pakeha groups at Waitangi, including the Green Party, publicly stated their support for Maori sovereignty, it went unreported in ...