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	Population change (thousands)
Year	Natural Increase 	Net External Migration	Total Growth
1865	13	93	106
1870	30	21	51
1875	37	82	119
1880	60	55	115
1885	65	28	93
1890	63	-9	54
1895	57	15	72
1900	59	11	70
1905	71	45	116
1910	85	41	126
1915	94	36	130
1920	81	15	96
1925	92	50	142
1930	84	25	119
1935	72	-10	62
1940	81	12	92
1945	105	2	107
1950	156	33	189
1955	169	69	238
1960	197	44	241
1965	205	70	275
1970	187	6	193
1975	180	117	297
1980	135	-99	234
1985	100	17	117
1990	144	-43	101
1995	160	54	214
2000	148	31	179
2005	142	182	324




Source: T. Papps, 'Growth and distribution of population' in Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Population Division (eds), The Population of New Zealand: Country Monograph Series # 12, 2.vols, Bangkok and New York: United Nations, v1, tables 7 & 15; I. Pool, Te Iwi Maori. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1991




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