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Economic restructuring: Māori and total unemployment, 1986–2016

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This graph shows the massive impact of the economic restructuring of the 1980s and 1990s on Māori unemployment. Māori unemployment was just over 25% in the early 1990s, more than twice the overall unemployment rate.

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Source: Statistics New Zealand: Infoshare

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Kerryn Pollock, Health and society – Socio-economic status, ethnicity and health inequality, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/30741/economic-restructuring-maori-and-total-unemployment-1986-2016 (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 18 April 2011.