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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 5,439,750 (estimated by extrapolation). [22]
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: Tākitimu: n/a n/a n/a n/a Heretaunga Tamatea (grouping) Hawke's Bay: Tākitimu: n/a n/a n/a n/a Kāti Māmoe: Canterbury, Otago, Southland, West Coast, Marlborough, Tasman ...
The Bay of Plenty had an estimated resident population of 354,100 as of June 2024, [1] and is the fifth-most populous region in New Zealand. [4] It also has the third-highest regional population density in New Zealand, with only the 11th-largest land area. The major population centres are Tauranga, Rotorua and Whakatāne.
Another 11 per cent did not state their iwi, or stated only a general geographic region, or merely gave a waka name. [15] Initiatives like the Iwi Helpline are trying to make it easier for people to identify their iwi , [ 16 ] and the proportion who "don't know" dropped relative to previous censuses.
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 ...
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 ...
The 2023 New Zealand census enumerated a resident population of 4,993,923, an increase of 6.3% over the 2018 census figure. [4] As of December 2024, the total population has risen to an estimated 5,231,143. [308] New Zealand's population increased at a rate of 1.9% per year in the seven years ended June 2020.