Open AccessMāori in Australia: voting rights and behaviour
Author(s) -
Paul A. Hamer
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
policy quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2324-1101
pISSN - 2324-1098
DOI - 10.26686/pq.v4i3.4268
Subject(s) - voting , homeland , immigration , ethnic group , politics , position (finance) , political science , public administration , political economy , sociology , law , economics , finance
This article examines the participation of Australian-resident Māori in voting, first in their New Zealand homeland and, secondly, in Australia. It concludes with comments about the extent of their political disenfranchisement and lack of electoral participation, which I argue places Māori in an almost unique position amongst Australia’s ‘ethnic’ immigrant groups.