"The socio-economic disparities which exist between the European/Pākehā majority and minority ethnic groups have implications for social equity and general community well-being. The disparities between Māori and non-Māori are also within a context of the status of Māori as indigenous people, the history of land and other resource alienation from Māori during colonisation and development, and the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi." (Quoted from paper)