Year Pākehā fertility rate 1874 6.4 1874 6.4 1886 5.3 1886 5.3 1896 3.9 1896 3.9 1906 3.4 1906 3.4 1916 3.1 1916 3.1 1926 2.7 1926 2.7 1936 2.1 1936 2.1 1945 2.9 1945 2.9 1956 3.8 1956 3.8 1966 3.2 1966 3.2 1976 2.2 1976 2.2 1986 1.9 1986 1.9 1996 1.8 1996 1.8 2001 1.8 2001 1.8 2006 1.9 2006 1.9 2013 1.9 2013 1.9 Sources: Pool, Ian et al. The New Zealand family since 1840. Auckland: AUP, 2007 and Statistics New Zealand Note: data prior to 1916 are estimates