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Ben McKay

'No choice but to fight': Maori challenge NZ PM Luxon

This year 30,000 are expected to visit the Waitangi Treaty Grounds during the long weekend (Ben McKay/AAP PHOTOS)

As he stares down the most difficult week of his tenure so far, New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Luxon has offered his own challenge to Maori: improve school attendance.

Since taking office in November, Mr Luxon's government has enjoyed precious little honeymooning, instead caught in a national argument with Maori over constitutional reforms.

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