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.
Welcome. This page gives you access to statistical information relevant to Māori. We hope you find these statistics useful.
He tātai whetū ki te rangi, ko te ira tangata ki te whenua.
Like the myriad of stars in the heavens, so is the essence of mankind spread across the land.
Latest news
Māori population estimates
Maori Population Estimates: Mean year ended 31 December has now been updated, providing the latest population estimates for the total, male, and female Māori population.
Narrowing gap between Māori and non-Māori life expectancy (published 2013)
The gap between Māori and non-Māori life expectancy at birth has narrowed to 7.3 years, based on death rates in 2010–12.
Find information about Māori
Choose what interests you from this alphabetical list of links to information on this page. ‘Cross-topic statistics’ cover a few topic areas so if you don’t find what you need in the other topics, check there.
Business and economic development
Agriculture
Agricultural Production Statistics: June 2012 (final) – tables (published 13 May 2013)
Tables showing Federation of Māori Authorities members' farming and forestry activities in Aotearoa New Zealand are included as part of this information release.
Agricultural production tables for Federation of Māori Authorities (published 2012)
Tables showing Federation of Māori Authorities members' farming and forestry activities in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Collectively owned Māori farms much larger than the average New Zealand farm (published 2012)
Information about farms owned by members of the Federation of Māori Authorities – a sub-set of all farm and forestry land collectively owned by Māori.
Business
Tatauranga Umanga Māori – consultation paper (published 2012)
Paper on work we're doing to respond to the need for statistics about Māori businesses. See section C of the paper for examples of statistics about Māori business we could produce. We took comments on this paper until 27 July 2012.
Children and families / whānau
Vulnerable children and families: Some findings from the New Zealand General Social Survey (published 2012)
Report on households with vulnerable children. Eleven economic, housing, health, and social indicators related to poor child outcomes were used to identify households with at-risk children.
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Cross-topic statistics
Measuring New Zealand's Progress Using a Sustainable Development Approach: 2008 (published 2009)
Information about New Zealand’s environmental, economic, and social progress and whether it is consistent with sustainable development.
Topics include ethnic diversity; biodiversity; air and atmosphere; water; land use; energy; transport; waste; innovation; work, knowledge, and skills; economic resilience; living conditions; health; social connection and governance; and culture and identity.
New Zealand General Social Survey: 2010 (published 2011)
Information about life satisfaction within the Māori ethnic group.
Te Āhua o Aotearoa: 2013
He tirohanga whānui o te iwi o Aotearoa, te ōhanga, me te taiao. An overview of New Zealand's people, economy, and environment.
Te Ao Mārama 2012
Ngā tatauranga mō te taupori Māori, te hunga kōrero Māori, ngā iwi, te hauora me te oranga, te mōhiotanga me ngā pūkenga, te moni whiwhi, te hunga mahi, te pūnaha māngai tōrangapū, ngā whakataunga tiriti, me ngā whakaaro mō te taiao.
Selected statistics about Māori population, speakers, iwi, health and well-being, knowledge and skills, income, labour force, political representation, treaty settlements, and environmental views.
Working together: Racial discrimination in New Zealand (published 2012)
Report on racial discrimination in New Zealand. Find out about levels of racial discrimination by ethnicity, including for the Māori ethnic group. Get data on where this discrimination takes place and the overall levels of perceived discrimination in New Zealand.
2006 Census statistics
QuickStats About Māori (published 2007)
Ko ngā whakamārama toipitopito ā-tatauranga i puta mai ai i te Tatauranga 2006 e pā ana ki te iwi Māori. Anei ngā kaupapa: te momo iwi Māori, te wāhi, te pakeke me te momo ira tangata, ko te reo, te mātauranga, ko ngā mahi me ngā whiwhinga moni, ko ngā kāwai whakaheke, Māori me ngā iwi.
Statistics from the 2006 Census about Māori. Topics include ethnic population, where Māori live, age and sex, te reo Māori speakers, education, work and income, and Māori descent and iwi.
QuickStats About a Place (published 2007)
Regional statistics from the 2006 Census on the Māori population. Find out about population and dwellings, age and sex, cultural diversity, marital status, education, work, income, families, households, transport, housing, and access to phones, Internet, and fax.
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Culture and identity
Culture and identity tables (published 2007)
Tables about the Māori population’s age and sex, birthplace, smoking, income, employment, iwi, descent, languages spoken, qualifications, religious affiliation, home ownership, and participation in unpaid activities. Based on 1996, 2001, and 2006 Census data. These tables are available from Table Builder.
Find out more about Table Builder.
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2011 – Manaakitanga i Aotearoa (published 2011)
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.
Information about manaakitanga, or helping others, and the health of the Māori language.
View more information about Māori culture and identity
Education
Primary and secondary education
2013 Census education resource
Resources for primary and intermediate school teachers. Resources include a booklet, poster, and unit plan with activities and related materials in English and te reo Māori.
Tertiary education
Short reports drawing on student loans and allowances data with statistics relevant to Māori (published 2007):
View more information about Māori education
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Employment and unemployment
Youth not in employment, education, or training: September 2011 quarter (published 2011)
Article about Māori youth (aged 15–24 years) who are not in employment, education, or training.
Health
Disabilities
Disability and Māori in New Zealand in 2006 (published 2010)
Information about disabled Māori. Find out about: patterns of disability, services to support disabled people, education, work and income, housing and living arrangements, travel, and transport.
Housing
Ethnicity and crowding: A detailed examination of crowding among ethnic groups in New Zealand 1991–2006 (published 2012)
Report describing the rates of crowding experienced by different ethnic groups in New Zealand, including Māori, and factors that might contribute to these differences.
Injuries
Serious injury outcome indicators for Māori: 2000–11 (published 2012)
Report about long-term injury trends and the annual number and rate of injury for Māori. Includes details about assault, suicide and intentional self-harm, falls, and crashes. The work-related injury indicator will be published in 2013.
Serious injury outcome indicators for Māori: 1996–2010 (published 2011)
Report about long-term injury trends and the annual frequency and rate of injury for Māori. Includes details about assault, work-related injury, suicide and intentional self-harm, falls, and crashes.
Life expectancy
New Zealand Period Life Tables – information releases
Latest information about Māori death rates by age and sex, Māori life expectancy at different ages, and national longevity and mortality trends. You can view data about life expectancy for Māori since 1950.
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Iwi
Iwi profiles (published 2008)
Information on the social and economic positions of iwi based on 2006, 2001, and 1996 Census data.
Profiles include statistics about population, language, education, religion, households and families, labour force, unpaid activities, income, housing, vehicle ownership, telecommunications, children born, and smoking behaviour. Profiles are available for iwi with 1,000 or more people.
To get a profile for your iwi, email: info@stats.govt.nz.
Māori statistics development
Kei te pēwhea tō whānau? Exploring whānau using the Māori Social Survey (published 2012)
Describes how the Māori Social Survey 2013 (Te Kupenga) will study whānau and whānau well-being.
Kohinga Whakaaro / Māori Social Survey Discussion Document (published 2009)
Proposal to develop a Māori Social Survey that focuses on addressing social and cultural information needs.
Tatauranga Umanga Māori – consultation paper (published 2012)
Paper on work we're doing to respond to the need for statistics about Māori businesses. See section C of the paper for examples of statistics about Māori business we could produce. We took comments on this paper until 27 July 2012.
Te Kupenga (published 2012)
Ā te 2013, ka whakamahi a Tatauranga Aotearoa i Te Kupenga, arā, ko tā mātou rangahau tuatahi o te oranga Māori.
In 2013, Statistics NZ will carry out Te Kupenga, our first survey of Māori well-being.
View more information about Māori statistics development
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Population
Estimates and projections
Estimates
Population estimates giving the size and composition of the population (for dates in the past).
Māori population estimates
Estimates of the total, male, and female Māori population. Use the Excel files to find statistics by single year of age, five-year age group, broad age group, and median age.
Projections
Population projections indicating the future size and composition of the population (useful for planning, but not for predicting).
National ethnic population projections
Includes population projections of the Māori ethnic group (see the Commentary and Tables 1m, 2m, and 3m in the downloadable Excel file).
Subnational ethnic population projections
Includes projections of Māori living in New Zealand’s regions, cities, and districts. Find information about births and deaths. Get population projections for the North Island and the South Island. (For statistics specific to Māori, see Tables 1m, 2m, 3m, 4m, 5, and 6 in the downloadable Excel file).
Migration
Māori Mobility in New Zealand (published 2006)
Report about Māori internal migration (moving within New Zealand) based on data from the 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, and 2006 Censuses.
View more information about the Māori population
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Statistical methods
Classifications and standards
We use classifications to group and organise statistical information. We use standards to make sure we collect statistics in a consistent way. The following classifications and standards are relevant to collecting data about Māori.
Classifications and standards – Māori descent
The Māori descent classification helps us provide information on the number, distribution, and characteristics of tāngata whenua.
Classifications and standards – Māori electoral district
We organise statistics based on Māori electoral districts outlined in the Electoral Act 1993.
Classifications and standards – Iwi
We collect data about iwi two levels: level 1 represents iwi region (rohe) and level 2 shows individual iwi.
Te reo Māori / Māori language
Speakers of te reo Māori (published 2011)
Information about the proportion of Māori able to hold an everyday conversation in te reo Māori. It compares figures from the 1991, 1996, and 2006 Censuses.
View more information about te reo Māori
Time use
Time Use Survey: 2009/10 (published 2011)
Information about how Māori aged 12 years and over spend their time and how ethnicity affects how people spend their time.
View more information about Māori time use
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Well-being and development
Te Waharoa (published 2012)
He tomokanga a Te Waharoa ki ngā raraunga whai mana, rīpoata, ritenga, rauemi hoki e pā ana ki te oranga me te whakawhanaketanga o te iwi Māori.
Te Waharoa is the gateway to official data, reports, measures and products relevant to Māori well-being and development.