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Year	Pakeha	Maori	Pasifika	Asian
1841	2	80	0	0
1846	0	0	0	0
1851	0	0	0	0
1856	59	56	0	0
1861	0	0	0	0
1866	0	0	0	0
1871	299	47	0	0
1876	412	46	0	0
1881	488	46	0	0
1886	577	44	0	0
1891	624	44	0	0
1896	701	42	0	0
1901	770	46	0	0
1906	886	50	0	0
1911	1006	53	0	0
1916	1096	53	0	0
1921	1215	57	0	0
1926	1344	64	0	0
1931	1417.5	73	0	0
1936	1491	82	0	0
1941	1541.5	90.5	0	0
1946	1592	99	0	0
1951	1809	116	0	0
1956	2016	137	0	0
1961	2217	167	0	0
1966	2426	201	26	23
1971	2569	227	40	26
1976	2749	276	70	33
1981	2756	283	90	46
1986	2657	405	131	36
1991	2658	435	153	94
1996	2607	525	173	161
2001	2871	526	232	238
2006	2610	565	266	355
2013	2969	599	296	472

Note: Data relates to New Zealand's usually resident population. The small numbers of 'other' ethnicities are excluded. Not specifieds in 1996-2006 are distributed pro-rata. Minor question changes affected distributions in the 1990s/2000s. Estimate data used for 1931 and 1941


Sources: T. Papps, ‘Growth and distribution of population.’ In Population of New Zealand / Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific 12, 2 vols. New York: United Nations, 1985, vol. 1, tables 8 & 17; Ian Pool, Te iwi Maori: a New Zealand population, past, present & projected. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1991, p. 58; Statistics New Zealand
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