This graph shows the average number of babies born to Māori women from the 1840s to the 2010s. Māori women's fertility rate fell rapidly from the 1960s.
Note: the gaps in the graph above reflect gaps in data. Māori fertility rates are estimated until 1961, when official counts began.
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Sources: Ian Pool et al., The New Zealand family from 1840: a demographic history. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2007, Fig. 2.1;Statistics New Zealand
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