This paper examines recent changes in weekly income levels and dispersion for Māori, New Zealand's indigenous ethnic group. Changes in the Māori income distribution between 1997 and 2003 reflect rapid increases in economic growth and employment rate. A reduced proportion of people had zero or...

This paper reports findings from a study of changes in Mamp;#257;ori income levels and income dispersion between 1997 and 2003. Data from Statistics New Zealand's Income Survey are used to describe and evaluate the main changes in the Mamp;#257;ori income distribution in this period, which was marked...