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There were 887,493 people identifying as being part of the Māori ethnic group at the 2023 New Zealand census, making up 17.8% of New Zealand's population. [114] This is an increase of 111,657 people (14.4%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 288,891 people (48.3%) since the 2006 census.
In the most recent New Zealand census, in 2018, 70.2 per cent of the population identified as European and 16.5 per cent as Māori. Other major pan-ethnic groups include Asians (15.1 per cent) and Pacific peoples (8.1 per cent). Middle Eastern, Latin American and African ethnicities constitute a small remainder (1.5 per cent) of the population.
The demographics of New Zealand encompass the gender, ethnic, religious, geographic, and economic backgrounds of the 5.3 million [6] people living in New Zealand. New Zealanders predominantly live in urban areas on the North Island.
This is a list of iwi (New Zealand Māori tribes). ... 2001 population [3] 2006 population [4] 2013 population [5] 2018 population [6] Ahuriri (part of Ngāti Kahungunu)
Northern Maori: Northland and Auckland: 1868 1996 Te Tai Tokerau: Eastern Maori: Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Gisborne: 1868 1996 Te Tai Rawhiti and Te Puku O Te Whenua: Western Maori: Taranaki, Manawatū-Whanganui: 1868 1996 Te Tai Hauāuru and Te Puku O Te Whenua: Southern Maori: South Island and Stewart Island: 1868 1996 Te Tai Tonga and Te ...
Southland Region had a population of 100,143 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 2,676 people (2.7%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 6,801 people (7.3%) since the 2013 census. There were 50,115 males, 49,704 females and 321 people of other genders in 41,070 dwellings.
People belonging to the Māori indigenous people of New Zealand, generally believed to have arrived from eastern Polynesia between 800 and 1300. There has been considerable intermarriage with later immigrants, but people with any Māori ancestry may consider themselves to be Māori, by custom and law in New Zealand.
In New Zealand politics, Māori electorates, colloquially known as the Māori seats (Māori: Ngā tūru Māori), [1] are a special category of electorate that give reserved positions to representatives of Māori in the New Zealand Parliament. Every area in New Zealand is covered by both a general and a Māori electorate; as of 2020, there are ...