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Kōrero: Ethnic inequalities

Ōtara market

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Ōtara market

By the early 21st century the increase in the Māori population and the immigration of the previous 40 years had created a more ethnically diverse society in New Zealand – especially in Auckland. The regular Saturday-morning market in Ōtara, South Auckland, was the largest street market in the country, and was noted for its Polynesian art, culture and foods.

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the journeyer

by William Boag

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David Pearson, Ethnic inequalities – Ethnic diversity since 1945, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/29597/otara-market (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā David Pearson, i tāngia i te 24 February 2011.