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New Zealand call to Maori expats | New Zealand call to Maori expats |
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New Zealand is urging an army of Maori expatriates in Australia to return home. | New Zealand is urging an army of Maori expatriates in Australia to return home. |
The government in Wellington has launched a new push to try to tempt them back. | The government in Wellington has launched a new push to try to tempt them back. |
One in seven Maoris now lives in Australia. Many cross the Tasman Sea for better job prospects and to escape social problems and racism. | One in seven Maoris now lives in Australia. Many cross the Tasman Sea for better job prospects and to escape social problems and racism. |
The government in Wellington has said there has never been a better time for Maori expatriates to return home. | The government in Wellington has said there has never been a better time for Maori expatriates to return home. |
Fifteen percent of the country's indigenous people have migrated to Australia and the authorities want some of them back. | Fifteen percent of the country's indigenous people have migrated to Australia and the authorities want some of them back. |
The Maori Affairs ministry has said many would find their homeland a very different place to the one they left behind. | The Maori Affairs ministry has said many would find their homeland a very different place to the one they left behind. |
Unemployment has fallen and officials have insisted there are now greater opportunities in Maori education and business. | Unemployment has fallen and officials have insisted there are now greater opportunities in Maori education and business. |
They also point to a renaissance of traditional culture. | They also point to a renaissance of traditional culture. |
Community tensions | Community tensions |
A study has shown there are as many as 125,000 Maori in Australia. | A study has shown there are as many as 125,000 Maori in Australia. |
Like many New Zealanders, they make the journey across the Tasman Sea, tempted by higher wages and a warmer climate. | |
Most still consider New Zealand to be home and do not take up Australian citizenship. | Most still consider New Zealand to be home and do not take up Australian citizenship. |
An official campaign to encourage them to return is under way. Convincing them though might not be easy. | An official campaign to encourage them to return is under way. Convincing them though might not be easy. |
Some Maori migrants moved away to escape drugs, gangs, domestic violence and racism from the white population. There are also tensions within their own communities. | |
Expatriates are often labelled "plastic Maori" who have abandoned the cause in the selfish pursuit of money overseas. | Expatriates are often labelled "plastic Maori" who have abandoned the cause in the selfish pursuit of money overseas. |
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