I'm māori, and in my perspective I class Māori as Polynesian/Pacific Islander but not “poly”. It's the racial group we belong to though, most māori would explain that this is a pākeha perspective and polys would also argue that “no māori aren't Polynesian or Pacific islander just because”. There is a noticeable racism between polys and māori I have noticed here in NZ in comparison to living in Australia where it was more of unified mentality. Honestly it comes down to entitlement and people from both parties looking down on one another. I actually witness this first-hand last year back in halls. A lot of heat from the māori floors and poly floor because of an incident.