Formerly, being Māori was firmly connected to being New Zealand-born and bred. However, since 1990 an international Māori diaspora has arisen. This is concentrated in Australia, where the promise of higher living standards have lured many. In the 2016 Australian census just over 142,000 people recorded Māori ancestry – about one in six of all New Zealand and Australian Māori.
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