Hi,
See you can get the DVD Version of "Once were warriors" it has some very good dialog in the trailers on why the actors made the movie, and verifies what John is saying.

It is a very powerful movie, some of the best fight scenes I have ever seen.

>Tracy,
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>An underclass implies there is a distinct group locked into a permanent state of poverty and violence. Is that really the case?
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>That's what the stats suggest. See if you can track down a movie called "Once were warriors".
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>Is there no way out for them? Are they all actually stuck in poverty and there is absolutely no means for them to escape it?
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>There is a way- it involves education and social change that needs to come from within. The standard Welfare model (pay them money) clearly hasn't worked. The Maori Party in parliament is grappling with these issues.