Impact of Bicultural Partnership with the Maori

This article explores the impact of bicultural partnership with the Maori in New Zealand and its significance in various aspects of society and community.

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1. Impact of bicultural partnership with the Maori..........................................................................3
2. Approaches for integration of bicultural partnership with Maoris..............................................4
3. Evaluation of activities, resources and support for fostering relationship with Maori................5

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1. Impact of bicultural partnership with the Maori
In Aotearoa of New Zealand, acceptance and implementation of bicultural partnership with the
Maoris had been fostered through the formation of the Tangata Whenua Caucus in the year 1986.
Now this bicultural partnership permeates all over the ANZASW structures as well as business
settings. This shows the centricity of the foundation of the Treaty of Waitangi in terms of
political, communal, ideological, economic, social as well as spiritual trains of human
engagement and interrelationship. This is equally true for several other New Zealand based
associations. Many such organisations play the role as leaders in professional and community
based bicultural partnership as advocated in the Treaty of Waitangi. The buy cultural partnership
is aimed at fostering the collaboration between the diverse group of members pertaining to the
Tangata Whenua as well as the Tauiwi groups. Bicultural relationship plays a significant role in
addressing all the dimensions of social development, healing, concern as well as future planning
of the organisations with high level of impact on society as well as community. In this context
Yogeeswaran et al. (2018), states that it is important remembering that the framework of
bicultural relationship is intended to Foster respect for the difference in culture, accept the
diversity and include people from various ethnic nature. Most of the New Zealand based and
other association follow some basic guidelines and consulate in order to maintain bicultural
relationship which the Maoris.
The first aspect foster the sharing of and unique system as well as unique responsibility among
the said partners. Again the bicultural relationship helps to develop a sense of development
towards autonomy for establishing an essence of real interdependency. Thirdly, this culture helps
in implementing indigenous as well as non indigenous appropriate practices for Organisational
welfare. Essence of Collateral and open partnership reinforcing collaboration through knowledge

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sharing, as well as sharing wisdom and experience within the professional set of practitioners,
theories, managers as well as the lower level employees is also developed through bicultural
relationship with the Maoris.
2. Approaches for integration of bicultural partnership with Maoris
Maori entrepreneurs who have great Association with culture and guardianship over their land
are bringing about a massive change in Maori business. In this context Connor (2016), highlight
some essential drivers of Maori entrepreneurship. The first factor is the rage and frustration of
the Maori people for loss of culture, tribal autonomy as well as Land over the successive
generations. In 1840 the first Maori entrepreneurship fostered through the Treaty of Waitangi.
The Maoris got the right to develop settlements under this Treaty signed with the British crown.
However, in contrast MacDonald (2017), states that the settlements are accountable for only 1%
of New Zealand dollar 36.9 billion economic acid base of the Maoris in the year 2010. Currently
there are about 15600 Enterprises of the Maoris which are managing about New Zealand dollars
26 billion as their assets. This big liquid Assets of the Mauri economy attracts bankers, investor
as well as suppliers who act as a potential partners of Maori entrepreneurs.
Lourie (2016), Acknowledges the Maori economic Renaissance as one of the biggest factors
behind the development of bicultural relationship with the Maoris. The Maori Centred policies,
as Kennedy (2017), argues, are the reasons behind success of the Maori centred initiative in
education. Besides that, the collaboration of Maori health models which the other practitioners
has helped in the development of Maori health. In contrast a third opinion is presented by
McKenzie (2018), who perceives the recognition of the Maori official language as an institution
behind the development of entrepreneurship of the Maoris and the fostering of bicultural
relationship with them. The recognition of the Maori language helped in the starting of Maoris

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radio spectrum as well as Maoris television which help in promoting the cause of the community
and bring together the Maoris and the other communities in New Zealand.
The last and the most important fact that deserves mention is the Maori ingenuity in business.
The Maori way of Thinking got most acceptance in health, education as well as media. In
contrast the equal acceptance was not received from commerce and industry.
The Maori Economic Summit can be considered as a major activity that set forth the stage for
bicultural relationship. Within the remit of this Summit, enterprise development can be
considered as a significant means which help other business operators to realise the Maori
aspirations for self determination. This interest in Maori business opportunities followed the
sequence of direct investment of the government to set up a number of Maori enterprise.
3. Evaluation of activities, resources and support for fostering relationship with Maori
In the last few years there have been significant growth of job opportunities, numbering around
150000 in New Zealand. As an account of the unemployment has substantially increased from 11
% to 6.3% in the country. The emphasis of the new employment policy of the government is on
those people who belong from the most disadvantaged groups who have high level of
unemployment. The government shares the goal of delivering income increment, standardization
of living as well as advancement of quality of life for all people of New Zealand irrespective of
their ethnic origin (Came & Tudor, 2016). In this context, it can be mentioned with significance
that in the scope of this new employment drive in New Zealand, the unemployment level of the
Maori community has reduced in a dramatic way.in the year 1993 the rate of unemployment
stood at 23% among the Maori community and currently the same rate is just over 4% showing a
huge rate of absorption of Maoris into the mainstream working sector of New Zealand. The

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comprehensive employment strategy of the government is aimed at specifically addressing the
Maori labour market disadvantage. As Te Huia (2015), highlights, the job action workforce have
been significant in eradicating the unemployment among Maoris. These workshops invited to the
Mary providers to deliver individualized employment assistance to the Maori people and
especially the Maori educated youth. The government also run the business training and the self
employment programme for the Maoris that help them to develop entrepreneurship as well as
work in collaboration with business partners of other communities. The community employment
group of the department of labour, New Zealand is still working for strategic planning in order to
assist the Maori community towards persistent growth.

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