Can Someone Tell Me About nonMaori Polynesian People in New Zealand?

Question by Kevin7: can someone tell me about nonMaori Polynesian people in New Zealand?

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Answer by dreamland 3^[]^3angel
The Maori people are the indigenous people of New Zealand. They are Polynesian and comprise about 10% of the country’s population. Maoritanga is the native language which is related to Tahitian and Hawaiian. It is believed that the Maori migrated from Polynesia in canoes around the 9th century to 13th century AD.
Dutch navigator Abel Tasman was the first European to encounter the Maori. Four members of his crew were killed in a bloody encounter in 1642. In 1769 British explorer James Cook established friendly relations with some Maori. By 1800, visits by European ships were relatively frequent.

At this time, war and disease took their toll on the Maori till eventually their population dropped to about 100,000.

In 1840 representatives of Britain and Maori chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi. This treaty established British rule, granted the Maori British citizenship, and recognized Maori land rights.

Today many of the treaty’s provisions are disputed and there ahs been and is an effort from the New Zealand Government to recompense Maori for some land that was illegally confiscated.

The present Maori population is around 600,000 or 14% of the population, and the Maori live in all parts of New Zealand, but predominately in the North Island where the climate is warmer

Answer by Ted H
Local usage in New Zealand uses the term Pacific Islander to distinguish those who have emigrated from Melanesia (Vanuatu), Polynesia (Tonga) and Micronesia (Kiribati) in modern times from the indigenous New Zealand Ma-ori (who are also Polynesian but arrived in New Zealand many centuries earlier), and from other ethnic groups.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Islander

In 1956 there were 8,103 Islanders in New Zealand, but the number is increasing rapidly and grew in 1961 to 14,340 (7,889 of full blood), of whom 6,481 were Samoans. Most have settled in Auckland, but Wellington also has a fair colony. The men are chiefly labourers, while the women are employed mainly in domestic or similar work.
http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/N/NationalGroups/PacificIslanders/en

During the 1960s and 70s New Zealand faced a severe labour shortage. This led to a large number of migrants from the Pacific Islands arriving in New Zealand, especially in Auckland. Pacific Islanders now make up more than 5 percent of the New Zealand population, and Auckland is now the largest Polynesian city in the world. While Pacific Islanders were originally employed in factories and lesser-skilled jobs, a growing number are now entering the professions, and making a major contribution to professional sport, fashion, popular music, television, and the arts in New Zealand. The influence of Pacific Island food, fashion, and arts can be seen on the streets of most New Zealand cities.
http://origin-www.newzealand.com/travel/about-nz/history/history-immigration.cfm

Pacific Islanders with a broader ethnic identity in New Zealand call themselves PIs, Polys, or New Zealand-borns. They have developed new music, fashion, customs and ways of speaking. This distinctive identity is sometimes referred to as Pasifika Aotearoa. Some young PIs are heavily influenced by Afro-American youth culture in their dress, slang, body language and music, especially hip hop and rhythm and blues. Rastafarianism is another significant influence, notable in young PIs’ dreadlocks and adapted reggae sounds. PIs in South Auckland are making cultural contributions through the O-tara market and the Secondary Schools Cultural Festival.
Despite South Auckland’s reputation for social problems, lyrics by Pasifika Aotearoa music groups such as the OMC (O-tara Millionaires’ Club) often praise areas of South Auckland with a strongly Pacific identity. The highly successful annual Pasifika Festival at Western Springs is contributing to the spectacle and strengthening of this identity. For some New Zealand-borns, an understanding of custom serves as a stepping stone to new forms of expression. The operatic tenor Ben Makisi has moved from his knowledge of Tongan musical notation to explore European classical music. Tongan styles of sport, especially in netball and rugby, have influenced the games in New Zealand. All Black Jonah Lomu became a national icon. Tongan-born Filipe Tohi brings Tongan elements to his sculpture and lashing. The new Pasifika Aotearoa identity has flourished and now includes a proliferating music culture, an eclectic fashion industry, and pan-Pacific churches.
http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/NewZealandPeoples/Tongans/4/en

Pacific people born in New Zealand are twice as likely to suffer from mental disorders, and experience higher rates of alcohol dependency, compared with those born in the Pacific islands, says leading psychiatrist Siale ’Alo Foliaki.
There was no one reason for this discrepancy between Pacific peoples born in New Zealand and those who migrate here after the age of 18, Dr Foliaki told the combined Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs (APSAD) and Cutting Edge Addiction Conference in Auckland today. “The younger the age at which they migrate to New Zealand, the higher are their chances of suffering from alcohol addiction and mental health problems,” he said. Dr Foliaki believes the finding suggested there were two very different Pacific populations in New Zealand – that would experience two very different life trajectories in relation to not only drug and alcohol problems but their overall mental wellbeing. “Migrant indigenous Pacific peoples face enormous challenges as they transition from third world islands to first world countries,” he said. “They appear to be more resilient if they spend their childhood years in the Pacific before migrating to New Zealand. If they grow up in New Zealand, they seem to be more vulnerable.”
http://www.aussieindolanka.com/news/asia_pacific/diaspora/?newsid=39179&NewsDate=

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