Something for the Maori Party to think about.
The 2005-06 rate of substantiated child abuse and neglect per 1,000 0-16 year-olds in Australia was 7.6 For indigenous children the rate was 29.4 and for 'other' children it was 6.5
The most recent available comparison for NZ is 2003 when the rate for non-Maori was 5.9 and for Maori, 11.9 (The overall rate had climbed to 11.8 in 2006 but no breakdown is published.)
Based on care and protection notifications and subsequent established findings Aboriginal children are 4.5 times more likely to be abused or neglected than non-Aboriginal.
Maori children are twice as likely to be abused or neglected than non-Maori.
There is a job for the Maori Party right here.
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