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Social upheaval and epidemics of introduced disease took a devastating toll on the Māori population, which fell dramatically, but began to recover by the beginning of the 20th century. The March 2023 New Zealand census gives the number of people of Māori descent as 978,246 (19.6% of the total population), an increase of 12.5% since 2018. [15 ...
Change in population by region in New Zealand based on the 2006–2013 censuses. The 2018 census enumerated a resident population of 4,699,755 – a 10.8 percent increase over the population recorded in the 2013 census. [4] As of December 2024, the total population has risen to an 5,438,990 (estimated by extrapolation). [22]
Southland Region covers 31,218.95 km 2 (12,053.70 sq mi). [1] It has an estimated population of 106,100 as of June 2024, 2.0% of New Zealand's population. [2] It is the country's second-most sparsely populated region (after the West Coast), with 3.40 people per square kilometre (8.80 per square mile).
The current regions and most of their councils came into being through a local government reform in 1989 that took place under the Local Government Act 1974. The regional councils replaced the more than 700 ad hoc bodies that had been formed in the preceding century – roads boards, catchment boards, drainage boards, pest control boards ...
Regions of rohe (tribal area) Waka (canoe) 2001 population [3] 2006 population [4] 2013 population [5] 2018 population [6] Ahuriri (part of Ngāti Kahungunu) Hawke's Bay:
Otago Region covers 31,186.16 km 2 (12,041.04 sq mi). [20] The population is 257,200 as of June 2024, [1] [1] which is approximately 4.8 percent of New Zealand's total population of 5.3 million. The population density is 8.2 people per km 2. About 41.5 percent of the population resides in the Dunedin urban area—the region's main city and the ...
Ngāti Raukawa – 29,442 (in 2013) – group of iwi and hapū in the Waikato region, Taupō and Manawatū Te Āti Awa – 23,094 (in 2013) – group of iwi and hapū in Taranaki and Wellington Hauraki Māori – 14,313 (in 2013) – group of iwi and hapū at or around the Hauraki Gulf
Northland is New Zealand's least urbanised region, with 50% of the population of 204,800 living in urban areas. Whangārei is the largest urban area of Northland, with a population of 56,800 (June 2024). [1] The region's population is largely concentrated along the east coast, due to the west coast being more rugged and less suitable for ...