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Māori language speakers
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Māori language speakers

Māori language speakers

Definition: The number of Māori who reported in the five-yearly population census they could hold a conversation about everyday things in Māori, as a proportion of the Māori population.

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Proportion (%) of Māori speakers in the Māori population

Region 1996 2001 2006
1 Northland 29.4 29.6 27.9
2 Auckland 20.5 20.7 19.8
3 Waikato 27.0 27.1 25.4
4 Bay of Plenty 31.8 31.4 30.3
5 Gisborne 34.4 34.1 31.8
6 Hawke’s Bay 27.1 26.7 25.3
7 Taranaki 23.9 23.5 20.4
8 Manawatu-Whanganui 25.2 24.9 23.8
9 Wellington 24.1 24.3 22.6
10 Tasman 14.8 16.3 14.7
11 Nelson 16.8 19.8 18.4
12 Marlborough 16.0 16.8 15.6
13 West Coast 13.8 14.4 12.4
14 Canterbury 16.8 18.0 16.3
15 Otago 15.5 17.1 15.5
16 Southland 17.6 18.7 16.4
New Zealand 24.7 25.2 23.7

Source: Statistics New Zealand