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Story: Te Māori i te ohanga – Māori in the economy

Urbanisation

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This 1960s clip shows some of the issues Māori were experiencing in the migration from rural to city living. 

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Reference: The Maori Today. National Film Unit, 1960

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Basil Keane, Te Māori i te ohanga – Māori in the economy – Urbanisation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/25782/urbanisation (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 12 April 2010.