Maori: The Crisis and the Challenge

“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”
xiii, 122 p. ; 22 cm #0781221
Maori (New Zealand people) — Social conditions. | Maori (New Zealand people) — Economic conditions. | New Zealand — Social conditions. | New Zealand — Economic conditions — 1987-