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So in 500 or even 1,000 years time, "Maori" should still be formally distinguished as separate from the rest of society (intermingling perhaps, but separate nonetheless) and afforded a special place under the law?  That just doesn't seem like a great way to build the cohesion and unity required for a prosperous society.

Oh for Heaven's sake.   500 years?   That is a crude example of argument ad absurdum.   We'll be lucky to have a further 50 years even with serious efforts to reduce carbon emissions.   I'm concerned with present day rebalancing and redress of the historical inequities which resulted from colonisation.