The Maori of the Fleet, arriving in New Zealand some six hundred years ago, brought with them a number of tropical food plants which they were able to grow in warmer districts, clearing areas of forest to provide planting sites (Taylor 1958). As the native population increased in size so did their impact on the forests, particularly in northern districts where the greater part of postfleet popu...

The Maoris of New Zealand have an interesting history and culture. In this selected review of literature supplemented with data from limited interviews with Maoris is described their history of settlement, oppression, and rebuilding of their cultures. The Maoris make up approximately 12% of New Zealand's population, which is predominantly white. The Maori family has moved from tribal form to ex...

Two hundred and ninety-four New Zealand secondary school students were examined by questionnaire, and physical and biochemical methods. The sample contained almost equal numbers of Maoris and Europeans. The findings related to joint conditions are presented. Past injury and rheumatic disease accounted for some of the reported morbidity, but no important sex or race differences in these factors ...

This two part study sought to design and test a smoking cessation intervention aimed at reducing smoking and relapse amongst Maori nurses who smoke. 410 responses were received from a survey sent to Maori RNs, student nurses, and community health workers in the NZNO database who were both smokers and non-smokers. Key determinants of smoking stated by the respondents included stress associated w...

This paper addresses some ethnic dimensions of inequality in the distribution of income amongst New Zealanders over the period 1983/84 – 1997/98, a period characterised by wideranging economic social reforms in New Zealand. The principal method used in the study is a new technique of decomposition of the Gini coefficient of inequality by subgroups of population where the incomes of individuals ...

Mortality from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS, or cot death) in New Zealand has been high by international standards (4/1000 live births). Within New Zealand the rate is higher in Maori than in non-Maori (predominantly European infants) and higher in South Island than in North Island. The National Cot Death Prevention Programme aims to reduce the prevalence of four modifiable risk factors f...

BACKGROUND Sepsis is a life-threatening complication of infection. The incidence of sepsis is thought to be on the increase, but estimates making use of administrative data in the United States may be affected by administrative bias. METHODS We studied the population-based incidence of sepsis in the Waikato region of New Zealand from 2007 to 2012 using International Classification of Diseases...