I am so proud and inspired by you all.

Too often these other Maori are parasites that thrive on stolen aboriginal lands, profiting by the natives sufferings. They refuse to support our oppressed brothers and sisters.

Posted by: "Marge Mackey" hoppyno8 (at) yahoo.com.au <mailto:hoppyno8%40yahoo.com.au> hoppyno8
Wed Jul 4, 2007 8:56 am (PST)
I am a Maori residing in W.A. , I would like to ask how many of you
have been to the Territory and seen what goes on up there ?.
Very few I would say ., 98% of Australians have never been up onto
those Missions .
Maybe a better insight of this issue should be given before involving
the Maori in this, we should take care of our own backyard before
trying to clean up our neighbours.

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8:00 am, 30 Jun 2007

The number of Maori living in Australia has increased 27 percent over five
years.

The number of people of Maori ancestry rose from just under 73,000 to almost
93,000.

The figures are in the 2006 Australian Census results released this week.

Massey University geographer Manuhuia Barcham, who has been studying Maori
migration to Australia, says the increase is probably due to a mix of
migration and self-identification.

Manuhuia Barcham says the mining boom in Western Australia is also drawing
many Maori workers.

On this side of the Tasman, 565,000 people identified themselves as Maori in
last year's Census.

C NewsRoom 2007