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The largest iwi by population at the 2013 census was Ngāpuhi (125,601), followed by Ngāti Porou (71,049), Ngāi Tahu (54,819) and Waikato (40,083). However, over 110,000 people of Māori descent could not identify their iwi. [116] Outside of New Zealand, a large Māori population exists in Australia.
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] The population is increasing at a rate of 1.4–2.0 percent per year. [23]
Over time, in isolation the Polynesian settlers developed a distinct Māori culture. Early Māori history is often divided into two periods: the Archaic period (c. 1300 – c. 1500) and the Classic period (c. 1500 – c. 1769). Archaeological sites such as Wairau Bar show evidence of early life in Polynesian settlements in New Zealand. Many of ...
In 1845, 64,000 Māori were attending church services, over half of the estimated population of 110,000. [55] By then, there was probably a higher proportion of Māori attending Church in New Zealand than British people in the United Kingdom, [ 56 ] and their moral practices and spiritual lives were transformed.
The 2001 Australian census found that the Māori population in New Zealand numbered 101,100. The 2001 census also revealed that 35.5% of the Australian Māori population lived in New South Wales, 29.7% in Queensland (including 19,000 in Brisbane), 14% in Victoria, and 6% in other territories.
In a fiery exchange at the birthplace of modern New Zealand, Indigenous leaders on Monday strongly criticized the government's approach to Maori, ahead of the country’s national day. The holiday ...
The northern Māori population at the time has been estimated at 30,000 to 40,000, down from about 100,000 fifty years before. [26] This drop in population was mostly due to the introduction of European diseases ( measles and influenza ) and to the Musket Wars. [ 45 ]
That's up from 21% in the 2020 election and more than the 17% in the national population. Te Pati Maori, a party focused on Indigenous rights, tripled the number of seats in parliament to 6, or ...