Original sentence: " On April 26, 2005, he said: "Maori will be disturbed to know that in 17 years' time they will be outnumbered by Asians in New Zealand", an estimate refuted by Statistics New Zealand, the government's statistics bureau
Edited sentence: " On April 26, 2005, he said: "Maori will be disturbed to know that in 17 years' time they will be outnumbered by Asians in New Zealand", an estimate disputed by Statistics New Zealand, the government's statistics bureau; Peters quickly rebutted that Statistics New Zealand has underestimated the growth-rate of the Asian community in the past