Thursday, November 25, 2010

Maori Religion and Language Statistics

  • 1 in 4 (130,482) people of Māori ethnicity speak the Māori language.
  • Nearly one half of Māori language speakers were aged under 25 years.
  • 1 in 4 people of Māori ethnicity speak more than one language.
  • Over 1 in 3 people of Māori ethnicity in the Gisborne region speak the Māori language, with just under 1 in 3 in Bay of Plenty and Northland.
  • 98 percent of people of Māori ethnicity who stated a religious affiliation were Christian.

The main Christian denominations were:

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