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Māori descent population • 19.6% or 978,246 of Aotearoa New Zealand’s population are Māori 1 . • The Māori population increased by 12.5% between 2018 and 2023 from 869,850 to 978,246 2 . • In contrast, the New Zealand population .
Te Kāhui Raraunga and Stats NZ have taken an historic step in Aotearoa New Zealand's data landscape today with the release of 2023 Census Māori descent data on the iwi-designed and operated platform, Te Whata.
The Māori descent population is growing at double the rate of the New Zealand population, with one in five Kiwi identifying as Māori, new Census data reveals today.