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 AVERAGE NUMBER OF BIRTHS PER MĀORI WOMAN 1844 4.60 1857 4.94 1878 5.55 1886 6.10 1891 5.70 1896 5.70 1901 5.95 1911 5.70 1921 6.15 1926 6.69 1936 6.95 1945 6.55 1951 6.73 1956 6.92 1961 6.91 1962 6.18 1963 6.28 1964 5.96 1965 5.71 1966 5.54 1967 5.57 1968 5.46 1969 5.35 1970 5.18 1971 5.05 1972 4.51 1973 4.01 1974 3.58 1975 3.28 1976 3.08 1977 2.98 1978 2.75 1979 2.65 1980 2.43 1981 2.47 1982 2.27 1983 2.23 1984 2.34 1985 2.20 1986 2.14 1987 2.26 1988 2.17 1989 2.21 1990 2.19 1991 2.19 1992 2.29 1993 2.29 1994 2.29 1995 2.38 1996 2.70 1997 2.77 1998 2.56 1999 2.69 2000 2.66 2001 2.64 2002 2.50 2003 2.60 2004 2.70 2005 2.67 2006 2.75 2007 2.93 2008 2.94 2009 2.78 2010 2.82 2011 2.69 2012 2.63 2014 2.34 2015 2.50 2016 2.41 2017 2.39 Sources: Ian Pool et al., The New Zealand family from 1840: a demographic history (2007), Fig. 2.1; Statistics New Zealand, ‘Total fertility rate (Maori and total population)(annual-Dec) table on Infoshare. Downloaded from Te Ara | The Encyclopedia of New Zealand www.TeAra.govt.nz