People & communities

Tamariki and Rangatahi Māori Regional Reports These publications are regionally-based reports which look at the young Māori population in the context of the households and families in which they live. Information is based on the 2001 Census of Population and Dwellings.

Tamariki Māori - Northland Region
Tamariki Māori - Auckland Region
Tamariki Māori - Waikato Regions
Tamariki Māori - Bay of Plenty Region
Tamariki Māori - Gisborne Region
Tamariki Māori - Hawke's Bay Region
Tamariki Māori - Taranaki, Manawatu and Wanganui Regions
Tamariki Māori - Wellington Regions
Tamariki Māori - Otago and Southland Regions
Rangatahi Māori - Northland Region
Rangatahi Māori - Auckland Region
Rangatahi Māori - Waikato Region
Rangatahi Māori - Bay of Plenty Region
Rangatahi Māori - Gisborne Region
Rangatahi Māori - Hawke's Bay Region
Rangatahi Māori - Taranaki, Manawatu and Wanganui Regions
Rangatahi Māori - Wellington Region
Rangatahi Māori - Tasman, Nelson and Marlborough Regions
Rangatahi Māori - Canterbury and West Coast Regions
Rangatahi Māori - Otago and Southland Regions

Census snapshot: Māori Highlights key findings about Māori from the Census of Population and Dwellings held on 6 March 2001.

Census snapshot: Māori

Towards a Māori Statistics Framework Māori need good quality statistical information to inform their own debates, decision-making and research, and to assist them to monitor the effects of government policies and programmes relating to Māori

Towards a Māori Statistics Framework: A Discussion Document

Cultural Indicators for New Zealand: 2006 This report establishes the indicators within a framework of five theme areas, which broadly reflect key goals for the New Zealand cultural sector and those involved in it.

Cultural Indicators for New Zealand: 2006

Review of culture and identity statistics Reviewing information needs for the monitoring and measurement of issues of culture and identity.

Draft domain plan
Submission form

2001 Survey on the health of the Māori language This article presents results from the 2001 Survey on the Health of the Māori Language. Te Puni Kökiri commissioned Statistics New Zealand to conduct the survey, the results of which will form part of a wider strategy aimed at revitalising Māori language.

2001 Survey on the health of the Mäori language

He Kohinga Whakaaro / Māori Social Survey Discussion Document This paper outlines Statistics New Zealand’s proposal to develop a Māori Social Survey that focuses on addressing a number of key social and cultural information needs.

He Kohinga Whakaaro / Māori Social Survey Discussion Document

Māori time use tables Downloadable tables in Excel format.

Imputation of Māori descent for electoral calculations The Government Statistician decided that, for electoral purposes, Statistics New Zealand should impute Māori descent status for individuals not responding Yes or No to the Māori descent question in the 1996 Census of Population and Dwellings.

Imputation of Mäori Descent for Electoral Calculations

Imputation of Māori Descent for Electoral Calculations For the purposes of imputation, the key variables related to the Māori descent variable were identified using a statistical technique called CHAID (Chi-squared Automatic Interaction Detector). The imputation took place within subgroups created by cross-classification on the categories of the five…

Imputation of Maori Descent for Electoral Calculations