Editing White Australia policy (section)

====Exemption for Māori====

Māori generally benefited from the same immigration and voting rights as [[New Zealand European|European New Zealanders]] in Australia, making them a notable exception to the White Australia Policy. In 1902, with the ''[[Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902|Commonwealth Franchise Act]]'', Māori residents in Australia were [[Māori voting rights in Australia|granted the right to vote]], a right denied to [[Indigenous Australians]]. During that same period, their right to settle in Australia was facilitated by their shared status as [[British subjects]].<ref name="Emigration">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/MaoriNewZealanders/MaoriOverseas/2/en|title=Māori overseas: Emigration to Australia|encyclopedia=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]]|access-date=28 January 2020|archive-date=9 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209113512/http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/MaoriNewZealanders/MaoriOverseas/2/en|url-status=live}}</ref> The Australian government granted equal rights to Māori only reluctantly. In 1905, the New Zealand government made a formal complaint about the exclusion of two Māori shearers, after which the Australian government changed its customs regulations to allow Māori to freely enter the country. Other Pacific Islanders were still subject to the White Australia Policy.<ref name=hamer>{{cite news|url=https://natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/unsophisticated-and-unsuited|title=Unsophisticated and unsuited|first=Paul|last=Hamer|publisher=National Library of New Zealand|date=27 August 2015|access-date=23 March 2019|archive-date=28 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128023403/https://natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/unsophisticated-and-unsuited|url-status=live}}</ref>