However, boys were more likely to report being involved in team sports (Gariepy et al., Figure 4.2 permits comparisons of Maori and non-Maori against the international averages on these dimensions, and also indicates where statistically significant differences are found between Maori and non-Maori young people. On the more positive side, both Maori and non-Maori students have greater motivation to achieve than OECD 15-year-olds as a whole. So while the Maori students have lower motivation to achieve than New Zealand students as a whole, they have somewhat greater motivation than their peers in other countries.