Pacific Profiles: 2006

Cook Island Maori people in New Zealand

 
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Introduction

Cook Island Maori People in New Zealand  is one of seven profiles on Pacific peoples based on the results from the 2006 Census. The subject population for this profile is the usually resident New Zealand population of Cook Island Maori at the time of the 2006 Census.

Cook Island Maori are defined as those who specified Cook Island Maori as a response to the ethnicity question. Where appropriate, comparisons are made between Cook Island Maori born in New Zealand and those born overseas, as well as with the total Pacific and total New Zealand usually resident populations.

Time series information is provided using previous census data. This has not been possible for all topics because changes in the way that some of the data is collected means it cannot always be easily compared across time.  

Highlights

  • In 2006, Cook Island Maori were the second largest Pacific ethnic group in New Zealand, making up 58,011 or 22 percent of New Zealand's Pacific population (265,974).
  • I te mataiti 2006, ko te iti tangata Maori Kuki Airani te rua o te pupu maata rava atu o te iti tangata Pasifika i Nū Tireni nei, e, e 58,011 ratou i te katoatoa’anga, me kare ra, e 22 patene ratou i te katoatoa’anga o te iti tangata Pasifika o Nū Tireni nei (e 265,974 tangata).  
  • The Cook Island Maori population increased by 10 percent (5,442) between 2001 and 2006.
  • E 10 patene (e 5,442 tangata) te maata i te numero o te iti tangata Maori Kuki Airani i kake mai ki runga, mei te mataiti 2001 ki te mataiti 2006.
  • The median age of the Cook Island Maori population (half are younger and half are older than this age) was 19 years. By comparison, the median ages for the Pacific and total New Zealand populations were 21 years and 36 years, respectively.
  • Ko te uki mataiti i rotopu o te manganui’anga, e 19 mataiti (te katoatoa’anga o te iti tangata Maori Kuki Airani, apa tei raro ake i teia uki mataiti, apa tei runga ake). Me akaāiteite’ia teia ki te uki mataiti i rotopu o te iti tangata Pasifika e pera katoa ki te katoatoa’anga o te iti tangata o Nū Tireni nei, e 21 mataiti to tetai, e 36 mataiti to tetai.
  • Cook Island Maori born in New Zealand account for 73 percent (41,886) of the total Cook Island Maori population.
  • Te numero o te iti tangata Maori Kuki Airani tei anau’ia ki Nū Tireni nei, e 73 patene (e 41,886 tangata) te reira i te katoatoa’anga o te iti tangata Maori Kuki Airani o Nū Tireni nei.
  • 16 percent (9,075) of Cook Islands Maori are able to hold an everyday conversation in Cook Islands Maori. This is a two percentage point decrease since 2001.
  • E 16 patene (e 9,075 tangata) o te iti tangata Maori Kuki Airani te ka kite i te tuatua na roto i te Reo Maori Kuki Airani, i te au ra. Kua topa mai teia numero e rua patene ki raro, mei te mataiti 2001 mai.
  • 70 percent (38,082) of Cook Island Maori affiliated with a religion. Of those Cook Island Maori who affiliated with a religion, 96 percent (36,399) were affiliated with a Christian religion.
  • E 70 patene (e 38,082 tangata) o te iti tangata Maori Kuki Airani, e akono’anga evangelia ta ratou. Ko te aronga o te iti tangata Maori Kuki Airani e akono’anga evangelia ta ratou, e 96 patene (e 36,399 tangata) tei akataka e, e akono’anga Kerisitiano ta ratou.
  • 55 percent (16,443) of Cook Island Maori adults have a formal educational qualification (secondary school or post-school qualification). The comparable figures for the total Pacific and New Zealand populations are 65 percent and 75 percent, respectively.
  •  E 55 patene (e 16,443 tangata) o te aronga maata o te iti tangata Maori Kuki Airani tei rauka ta ratou pepa apii teitei (te pepa apii teitei o te apii tuarua, me kare ra, to muri mai i te akaruke’anga i te apii tuarua). Ko te numero o te katoatoa’anga o te iti tangata Pasifika e to Nū Tireni katoatoa no teia tuanga, e 65 patene to tetai, e 75 patene to tetai.
  • 60 percent (34,776) of the Cook Island Maori population live in the Auckland region, which is the same proportion as in 2001.
  • E 60 patene (34,776) o te iti tangata Maori Kuki Airani e noo nei ki te mōtia o Akarana, e ko teia rai te numero mei to te mataiti 2001.
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