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Maori : the crisis and the challenge / Alan Duff.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Auckland, N.Z. : HarperCollins Publishers N.Z., 1993Description: xiii, 122 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 186950092X
  • 9781869500924
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.8994093 22
LOC classification:
  • HN930.5 .Z9E8D8 1993
Contents:
The rot starts at the core -- The work ethic? What is that? -- Crime -- The range of misunderstandings -- In the mind of a (made) loser -- The culture vultures -- Cultural blindness -- Maori radicals and advisers -- Where even murder is "justified" -- The curse of welfarism -- Racism -- Maori women -- what of their role? -- Kickstarting the education process -- The rugby analogy -- Success, Aussie style -- The land and resource grievances -- A new leadership.
Summary: "As the title states, this book is about crisis and challenge affecting New Zealand's Maori community; the crisis of under-performance on the one hand, and the challenge to overcome it on the other. Alan Duff pulls no punches in his analysis of the problems his people face and which place them too high in the crime and too low in the educational statistics. Why, he asks, do they not take advantage of the educational opportunities they are offered? Why do they still listen to elders who are not qualified to lead? Why do they not adopt the work ethic they see in Pakeha around them? Why do they depend so much on government handouts? He tackles these and many other questions in a typically forthright way, and offers solutions to overcome the handicaps his people complain of. His controversial book will be of interest to all New Zealanders of all races"--Back cover.
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"His analysis of the problems his people face"--Back cover.

The rot starts at the core -- The work ethic? What is that? -- Crime -- The range of misunderstandings -- In the mind of a (made) loser -- The culture vultures -- Cultural blindness -- Maori radicals and advisers -- Where even murder is "justified" -- The curse of welfarism -- Racism -- Maori women -- what of their role? -- Kickstarting the education process -- The rugby analogy -- Success, Aussie style -- The land and resource grievances -- A new leadership.

"As the title states, this book is about crisis and challenge affecting New Zealand's Maori community; the crisis of under-performance on the one hand, and the challenge to overcome it on the other. Alan Duff pulls no punches in his analysis of the problems his people face and which place them too high in the crime and too low in the educational statistics. Why, he asks, do they not take advantage of the educational opportunities they are offered? Why do they still listen to elders who are not qualified to lead? Why do they not adopt the work ethic they see in Pakeha around them? Why do they depend so much on government handouts? He tackles these and many other questions in a typically forthright way, and offers solutions to overcome the handicaps his people complain of. His controversial book will be of interest to all New Zealanders of all races"--Back cover.

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