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Iwi Hapū Names List from the National Library of New Zealand; Te Kāhui Māngai (directory of iwi and Māori organisations) from Te Puni Kōkiri; Statistical Standard for Iwi (2000) 2006 Census information
An Auckland University of Technology study in 2009 suggested the audience of iwi radio stations would increase as the growing New Zealand Māori population tried to keep a connection to their culture, family history, spirituality, community, language and iwi. [20]
The largest iwi by population at the 2013 census was Ngāpuhi (125,601), followed by Ngāti Porou (71,049), Ngāi Tahu (54,819) and Waikato (40,083). However, over 110,000 people of Māori descent could not identify their iwi. [118] Outside of New Zealand, a large Māori population exists in Australia.
The population is increasing at a rate of 1.4–2.0 percent per year. [23] In May 2020, Statistics New Zealand reported that New Zealand's population had climbed above 5 million people in March 2020; [24] in September 2020, this was revised six months earlier to September 2019 when population estimates were rebased to the 2018 census. [25]
As of the 2013 New Zealand census, 61.1% of the population live in cities with populations of 30,000 and larger, compared to 65.6 of the Māori population overall.The Census showed 94.% of the iwi lived in the North Island and 5.8 percent lived in the South. 33.9 percent are under the age of 15 years, 22.4 percent are aged 15–29 years, and 5.4 percent are aged 65 years and over.
The conservative government, elected in late 2023, has unwound policies and disbanded organisations aimed at improving the lives of Maori, who make up about 20% of the 5.3 million population.
Te Arawa is a confederation of Māori iwi and hapū (tribes and sub-tribes) of New Zealand who trace their ancestry to the Arawa migration canoe (waka). [1] The tribes are based in the Rotorua and Bay of Plenty areas and have a population of around 60,117 according to the 2018 census, making the confederation the sixth biggest iwi in New ...
The Waikato-Tainui iwi comprises 33 hapū (sub-tribes) and 68 marae (family groupings), with around an estimated population of 84,030 tribal members who affiliate to Waikato-Tainui. [4] Hamilton City is now the tribe's largest population centre, but Ngāruawāhia remains the tribe's historical centre and modern capital.