Cultural Diversity - Regional Council and Language Spoken – Maori Ethnic Group Census Usually Resident Population Count – 1996–2006| Regional Council by Language Spoken (Total Responses)1 for the Māori Ethnic Group Census Usually Resident Population Count, 1996, 2001 and 2006 | | Regional Council and Year |
| | Language spoken (total responses)1 |
| | English | Māori | Samoan | NZ Sign Language | Other | None2 | Total | |
| |
38,112 |
12,204 |
162 |
492 |
426 |
1,698 |
41,028 | |
38,421 |
12,045 |
312 |
561 |
492 |
1,128 |
40,191 | |
40,893 |
12,141 |
177 |
459 |
471 |
1,041 |
42,675 | | |
116,460 |
25,890 |
1,539 |
1,494 |
3,066 |
5,892 |
124,866 | |
120,120 |
26,370 |
1,611 |
1,422 |
2,928 |
4,392 |
125,868 | |
129,300 |
27,159 |
1,407 |
1,272 |
3,105 |
3,885 |
134,892 | | |
65,784 |
19,326 |
333 |
879 |
963 |
3,156 |
70,830 | |
68,295 |
19,749 |
369 |
1,038 |
1,032 |
2,409 |
71,751 | |
71,661 |
19,422 |
306 |
825 |
954 |
2,160 |
75,009 | | |
57,282 |
19,980 |
222 |
726 |
756 |
2,781 |
61,974 | |
59,640 |
19,998 |
270 |
741 |
846 |
2,010 |
62,754 | |
63,231 |
20,508 |
321 |
708 |
936 |
1,782 |
66,321 | | |
17,772 |
6,669 |
72 |
216 |
213 |
789 |
19,140 | |
18,228 |
6,591 |
78 |
201 |
261 |
513 |
19,089 | |
18,684 |
6,276 |
54 |
147 |
225 |
468 |
19,506 | | |
28,758 |
8,586 |
177 |
351 |
327 |
1,383 |
31,035 | |
30,027 |
8,550 |
174 |
408 |
345 |
972 |
31,494 | |
31,128 |
8,493 |
153 |
324 |
375 |
840 |
32,547 | | |
13,806 |
3,582 |
69 |
189 |
156 |
624 |
14,751 | |
13,617 |
3,420 |
81 |
252 |
201 |
486 |
14,274 | |
14,520 |
3,216 |
57 |
177 |
165 |
441 |
15,150 | | |
36,684 |
10,074 |
192 |
471 |
489 |
1,824 |
39,408 | |
36,798 |
9,792 |
198 |
501 |
549 |
1,350 |
38,595 | |
39,444 |
10,047 |
246 |
501 |
471 |
1,170 |
41,190 | | |
46,038 |
11,979 |
591 |
561 |
1,002 |
2,166 |
49,161 | |
48,126 |
12,420 |
582 |
570 |
1,089 |
1,857 |
50,517 | |
52,437 |
12,552 |
555 |
471 |
1,143 |
1,572 |
54,600 | | |
2,460 |
384 |
6 |
30 |
36 |
99 |
2,586 | |
2,613 |
456 |
9 |
36 |
51 |
105 |
2,733 | |
2,904 |
450 |
15 |
21 |
54 |
84 |
3,012 | | |
2,793 |
507 |
9 |
45 |
69 |
153 |
2,982 | |
3,003 |
636 |
21 |
51 |
69 |
135 |
3,165 | |
3,384 |
666 |
15 |
36 |
66 |
114 |
3,531 | | |
3,624 |
627 |
15 |
57 |
48 |
177 |
3,861 | |
3,675 |
654 |
15 |
54 |
54 |
135 |
3,840 | |
4,065 |
666 |
21 |
45 |
63 |
108 |
4,206 | | |
2,622 |
390 |
9 |
39 |
30 |
138 |
2,805 | |
2,421 |
363 |
6 |
36 |
30 |
84 |
2,523 | |
2,766 |
363 |
12 |
21 |
33 |
75 |
2,868 | | |
28,746 |
5,202 |
246 |
483 |
705 |
1,401 |
30,609 | |
29,871 |
5,709 |
228 |
444 |
696 |
1,128 |
31,269 | |
34,704 |
5,979 |
249 |
357 |
750 |
1,131 |
36,156 | | |
10,221 |
1,695 |
66 |
132 |
297 |
411 |
10,773 | |
10,008 |
1,800 |
78 |
135 |
273 |
327 |
10,404 | |
11,607 |
1,893 |
54 |
105 |
312 |
372 |
12,093 | | |
9,933 |
1,878 |
39 |
90 |
132 |
447 |
10,530 | |
9,465 |
1,872 |
39 |
90 |
138 |
330 |
9,888 | |
9,813 |
1,710 |
48 |
69 |
135 |
336 |
10,236 | | |
387 |
57 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
12 |
405 | |
357 |
51 |
3 |
9 |
6 |
12 |
375 | |
351 |
69 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
360 |
1. Includes all of the people who stated each language spoken, whether as their only language or as one of several languages. Where a person reported more than one language spoken, they have been counted in each applicable group. 2. Includes people who were too young to talk or unable to speak a language. This data has been randomly rounded to protect confidentiality. Individual figures may not add up to totals, and values for the same data may vary in different tables. |