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"This contrasts with 1961, when the census reported that the population of New Zealand was 92 percent European and 7 percent Maori, with Asian and Pacific minorities sharing the remaining 1 percent."
How is a portion of the population "shared" by ethnic groups? Money could be shared because people could possess it. But ethnic groups don't "possess" some of the population; they are part of the population.
"This contrasts with 1961, when the census reported that the population of New Zealand was 92 percent European and 7 percent Maori, with Asian and Pacific minorities sharing the remaining 1 percent."
How is a portion of the population "shared" by ethnic groups? Money could be shared because people could possess it. But ethnic groups don't "possess" some of the population; they are part of the population.
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It just means '. . making up the remaining one percent'.
- It just means '.
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- making up the remaining one percent'.
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