The document is a project by Nancy Cole for a GEOG3950 class at the University of Texas. It contains maps and census data showing the distribution of the indigenous Maori people of New Zealand according to the 2006 census. The census found that 565,329 Maori lived in New Zealand, accounting for 14.1% of the total population of 4,027,947. The maps display the Maori population breakdown by regional council boundaries.
2. New Zealand’s Maori: A Series
of Maps Displaying 2006 Census
Data, by Regional Council
3. The Maori, New Zealand’s indigenous people, first arrived by
canoe from eastern Polynesia more than 1,000 years ago.
Europeans began arriving in the 17th century.
4. According to the most recent census, 565,329
Maoris lived in New Zealand as of 2006, accounting
for 14.1 percent of the country’s total population of
4,027,947.
5. New Zealand (Shaded Relief) 2006 (262K), Transverse
Mercator, CP 172:00 E / 41:00 S
http:www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/new_zealand.html
6. New Zealand (Administrative Divisions) 2006
(262K), Transverse Mercator, CP 172:00 E / 41:00 S, with
Regional Council boundaries
http:www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/new_zealand.html
7. Land Information New Zealand Place Names Database Page
http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/findnames/topographic-names-db
8. New Zealand 2006 Census Home Page
http:www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2006CensusHomePage.aspx
9. New Zealand 2006 Census Regional Summary Tables Page
http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/about-2006census/regional-summary-tables.aspx#
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14. New Zealand 2006 Census QuickStats About Maori
http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2006CensusHomePage/
QuickStats/quickstats-about-a-subject/maori.aspx
15. New Zealand 2006 Census QuickStats About Maori
http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2006CensusHomePage/QuickStats/
quickstats-about-a-subject/maori/tables-ko-nga-papatau.aspx
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26. New Zealand Maori sharing in the sacred act of
hongi, exchanging the ha or breath of life.