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Nau mai ki tēnei whārangi ipurangi e hora ake nei hei awhi i te iwi Māori ki te kimi i ngā pārongo ā-tatauranga e pā ana ki a tātou katoa. Ko te tumanako nei ia, ka whai hua koutou i ngā kaupapa e kitea mai ana i konei. He tātai whetū ki te rangi, ko te ira tangata ki te whenua.

Welcome to this web page, which provides access to statistical information relevant to Māori. Statistics New Zealand hopes that you will find value in the broad range of topics listed. Like the myriad of stars in the heavens, so is the essence of mankind spread across the land.

Latest information

  • New Zealand General Social Survey
    The New Zealand General Social Survey (NZGSS) provides information on the well-being of New Zealanders aged 15 years and over.  It covers a wide range of social and economic outcomes, and shows how these outcomes are distributed across different groups within the New Zealand population, including ethnic groups.
  • Te Wiki o te Reo Māori – Manaakitanga i Aotearoa
    Ko te kaupapa matua mo te wiki o te reo Māori mō tēnei tau, ko te Manaakitanga. He tikanga tuku iho, he taonga whakahirahira hoki te manaakitanga. 
  • Māori language week 2011 – Manaakitanga in Aotearoa
    Statistics about Maanaakitanga, or helping others, and the health of the Māori language.    
  • Māori population estimates
    Downloadable Excel tables of the estimated Māori population. Updated every six months. 
  • National Ethnic Population Projections
    These releases provide a summary of the projected Māori, Pacific, Asian, and European ethnic populations of New Zealand, based on different combinations of fertility, mortality, migration, and inter-ethnic mobility assumptions. 

Data

  • Agricultural production tables for Federation of Māori Authorities
    The figures come from a survey of farms owned by members of the Federation of Māori Authorities, which is a sub-set of all farm and forestry land that is collectively owned by Māori.
  • Subnational Ethnic Population Projections
    Updated 2006-base projections of four broad and overlapping ethnic populations.
  • QuickStats About Māori
    Ko ngā whakamārama toipitopito ā-tatauranga i puta mai ai i te Tatauranga 2006 e pā ana ki te iwi Māori. Statistics about Māori gathered in the 2006 Census using both the ethnicity and descent measures. 
  • Census 2006 – Iwi profiles
    A customised product from Census 2006 profiling Iwi who are listed on our Iwi Classification with a count of 1,000 or more members and who have agreed to the production of the profile. Iwi profiles are available on request from Statistics New Zealand (or directly through the iwi).
  • 2001 Census Māori tables
    National and regional tables across a number of Māori datasets from Census 2001. 
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Reports and articles

  • Tamariki and Rangatahi Māori regional reports 
    These publications are regionally based reports that look at the young Māori population in the context of the households and families in which they live. Information is based on the 2001 Census of Population and Dwellings. The reports are in two major life stages: children, or tamariki (0–14 years), and youth, or rangatahi (15–24 years).
  • He Kohinga Whakaaro / Māori Social Survey Discussion Document
    This paper outlines Statistics New Zealand’s proposal to develop a Māori Social Survey that focuses on addressing a number of key social and cultural information needs.
  • Towards a Maori Statistics Framework: A Discussion Document, 2002
    The paper explains why a framework for Māori statistics is needed and outlines the process and rationale used to construct the framework.
  • 2001 Survey on the Health of the Māori Language
    This article presents results from the 2001 Survey on the Health of the Māori Language. Te Puni Kōkiri commissioned Statistics New Zealand to conduct the survey, the results of which will form part of a wider strategy aimed at revitalising Māori language.
  • Māori Ethnicity in Households
    This profile conveys information about the six dimensions of housing adequacy.
  • Māori Mobility in New Zealand
    Designed to provide an overview of Māori migration.
  • Cultural Experiences Survey – article
    This survey was conducted in the first quarter of 2002 and it asked people whether they had experienced a range of activities during a set reference period – 12 months for goods and services experienced relatively infrequently, and four weeks for activities experienced on a more regular basis. 

Information about data

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