Māori in Australia: voting rights and behaviour

Authors

  • Paul Hamer

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v4i3.4268

Keywords:

Māori diaspora, MMP election, Māori electorates, 2006 Te Puni Kōkiri survey, Trans-Tasman Travel Agreement, Maori diaspora

Abstract

This article examines the participation of Australian-resident Māori in voting, first in their New Zealand homeland and, secondly, in Australia. It concludes with comments about the extent of their political disenfranchisement and lack of electoral participation, which I argue places Māori in an almost unique position amongst Australia’s ‘ethnic’ immigrant groups. 

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Policy Quarterly volume 4 number 3 2008

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2008-09-01

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Vol. 4 No. 3 (2008): Policy Quarterly

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