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Kōrero: Ethnic inequalities

Whārangi 9. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki

  • Office of Ethnic Affairs

    The Office of Ethnic Affairs site celebrates New Zealand’s ethnic communities and provides a useful community directory.

  • Race relations

    The race relations section of the Human Rights Commission site contains information about New Zealand’s ethnic diversity.

  • Social Report 2016

    The Ministry of Social Development prepared an annual report on New Zealand society, which included information on levels of inequality.

  • Statistics New Zealand

    The Statistics New Zealand site has many tables and research reports on ethnicity and equality.

Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga

  • Callister, Paul. Special measures to reduce ethnic disadvantage in New Zealand: an examination of their role. Wellington: Institute of Policy Studies, 2007.

  • Cormack, Donna, and Carey Robson. Ethnicity, national identity and ‘New Zealanders’: considerations for monitoring Māori health and ethnic inequalities. Wellington: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, 2010.

  • Diverse communities: exploring the migrant and refugee experience in New Zealand. Wellington: Ministry of Social Development, 2008.

  • Fairbairn-Dunlop, Peggy, and Gabrielle Sisifo Makisi, eds. Making our place: growing up PI in New Zealand. Palmerston North: Dunmore, 2003.

  • Ghosh, Gautam, and Jacqueline Leckie, eds. Asians and the new multiculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2015.

  • Pearson, David. A dream deferred: the origins of ethnic conflict in New Zealand. Wellington: Allen & Unwin in association with Port Nicholson Press, 1990.

  • Salesa, Damon. Island time: New Zealand’s Pacific futures. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 2017.

  • Spoonley, Paul. Racism and ethnicity. Rev. ed. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1993.

  • Williams, Melissa. Panguru and the city: kāinga tahi, kāinga rua: an urban migration history. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 2015.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

David Pearson, Ethnic inequalities, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/story/153376/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).

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