Māori language speakers, regional council areas

Regional
council areas:

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Territorial
authority areas:

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

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