On Tuesday Statistics New Zealand released Births and Deaths: Year ended December 2012. The statistics show a decrease in Māori infant mortality; dropping from 7.0 per 1,000 live births in 2011 to 4.7 per 1,000 live births in 2012. (In whole numbers, in 2012 82 Māori infants under one died,
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