The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns. 

Year	Māori males	Māori females	Non-Māori males	Non-Māori females
1951	54.1	55.9	68.3	72.4
1956	57.2	58.7	68.9	73.9
1961	59.0	61.4	69.2	74.5
1966	61.4	64.8	68.7	74.8
1971	61.0	65.0	69.1	75.2
1976	63.3	67.7	69.4	75.9
1981	64.6	69.4	70.8	76.9
1986	64.9	70.5	71.4	77.4
1991	65.2	70.2	73.4	79.2
1996	65.8	71.0	75.3	80.6
2001	69.0	73.2	77.1	81.9
2006	70.4	75.1	79.0	83.0
2013	73	77.1	80.3	83.9

Source: Statistics New Zealand

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