Mowgli. Mowgli!

Mowgli. Mowgli.

Mowgli.

Mowgli!

Mowgli.

The Maori have also registered a certification trademark to be used in relation to authentic Maori creative arts, which has caused an expansion of Maori cultural industry.

Maori

Maori

Uh, uh, Mowgli?

The number of Māori in tertiary education had more than doubled over the past five years with Māori women outnumbering Māori men.

Under the new proportional representation system, the number of Maori seats in Parliament could vary depending on the number of Maori who chose to register on the Maori electoral roll.

Maori voters on the Maori roll elect representatives for Maori constituencies in Parliament.

Run, Mowgli. Run!

The Maori unemployment rate remains significantly higher than that of non Maori, and the Government has therefore put in place employment initiatives specially aimed at Maori.

Mowgli, look out!

Maori have the option of enroling on either the Maori electoral roll or the general roll.

I'll rescue Mowgli.

Mowgli, try to understand.

Mowgli, come back. Come back! Go on!

The observer for New Zealand said that although there had been developments in the area of Maori health in the past three years, Maori health continued to lag behind that of non Maori.

Maori have the option to enrol on either the Maori electoral roll or the general roll.

And I often stopped by to see how Mowgli the man cub was getting along.

Mowgli, how 'bout you sing?

Recent changes in the electoral system had also significantly increased Maori political representation, which in Parliament was now fully proportionate to their numbers in the population.

I'll bet you a quarter interest in my teeth against your silver dollar. No.

Well, I hope his luck holds out.

Mowgli, wait a minute. Ah, Baloo.

Mowgli is where he belongs now.

The aim of the year being to encourage Maori and other groups and individuals to make an active commitment to learning and promoting the Maori language.

Māori statistical advisers were being consulted to ensure that the survey would accurately record Māori activities.

Sooner or later, Mowgli will meet Shere Khan.

The Government s education strategy focuses on identifying how the educational system can be more responsive to the needs of Maori, in order to further the goal of achieving educational parity between Maori and non Maori.

Two dollars for your half interest.

Maori made up about 13 per cent of the population and now a similar proportion of the seats in Parliament were held by Maori people, which was a notable development for Maori and for the democratic process in New Zealand.

232. The Committee notes with concern that the Maori population lags significantly behind the non Maori population in most statistics of well being, thus reflecting that insufficient measures have been undertaken to protect and promote the enjoyment of the rights of this population group, and of Maori children in particular.

659. The Committee notes with concern that the Maori population lags significantly behind the non Maori population in most statistics of well being, thus reflecting that insufficient measures have been taken to protect and promote the enjoyment of the rights of this population group, and of Maori children in particular.

There was also a strong link to unemployment and a higher proportion of Maori were unemployed.

I hope Mowgli learned something from that experience.

429. With regard to the recently introduced electoral reform and its impact on Maori representation, the representative explained that the number of guaranteed Maori seats in Parliament under the new system had been increased from four to five and that the number of Maori seats would rise or fall depending on the number of Maori opting for enrolment in the Maori roll at the end of the Maori option period.

Moreover, the active promotion of the Maori language as a national language of New Zealand had inspired many New Zealanders to study it.

Other developments included the restructuring of Maori affairs administration, through the establishment of the Ministry of Maori Development, Te Puni Kokiri, in 1991.

Was the little man with the big eyebrows Mr. Molinelli?

Mowgli, this time we're not going back.

But little Mowgli don't have those things.

Good. Then make Mowgli go to the man village.