Hi Azizi, the first site you found seems to be quite good if you want to find out about NZ Maori but the second one is from a very small political party and is very biased. Please don't judge us by things you might read there and we won't judge you by anything from George Bush.
In theory, Maori have equal opportunities but somehow the kids keep falling by the wayside and there are large numbers of teenage parents, gang member wannabes and dropouts.
I don't know why this happens but I suspect there's a loss of identity - 40-50 years back many Maori lived in family areas, coastal or inland remote country areas but after WW2 the drift to the cities started and the result was that young people lost their family support. Those people married and had families (often mixed Maori/Pakeha) and their kids didn't have much grounding in their own culture. Young people today are the children of that second generation and schools are really only just getting into teaching Kapa Haka (and only to those that choose to learn their culture - it's not considered 'cool' to some).
I don't know if you've heard of a film called "Once were warriors", about a dysfunctional Maori family, where Dad is often drunk and beats up Mum and the kids, there's never enough money and the one with the meanest fists is the big boss. Yes, it's a story but so many families have backgrounds like this.
Right now a major news story here is about 3month-old twin boys who were murdered by someone in their extended family, bashed around the head and with broken bones - and they'd been in the premature unit at hospital for the first month or two anyway. The family seem to be more interested in partying and no-one so far has owned up to the crime. There are 12 possible baby bashers in that family but they've closed ranks.
Many Maori kids try to follow American gang patterns and Rap music is often their music of choice. Many are out of control and drugs or alcohol are often to blame. Petty crime is rife.
In yesterday's news, a 14 year-old girl has spent a night or two in a police cell recently because she was picked up very drunk, the welfare people won't touch her while she's drunk and the police couldn't locate her family - heaven only knows where they are right now.
I'm hoping that the kids who are being encouraged to learn their own culture will have a stronger sense of where they belong, not feel as if they are inferior, and if they believe in themselves, maybe they can become achievers.
But I'm not holding my breath!
Robyn