In 1867 most Māori men were given the vote. Four separate Māori seats were created. This was meant to be a temporary measure, but the seats survived and in 2004 there were seven. Any voter of Māori descent can choose whether to be on the general or the Māori roll. The concentration of the Māori population in the north is evident in the fact that six of the Māori seats are in the North Island and the seventh includes all of the South Island and the Wellington region. In 2011 there were still seven Māori seats, although the boundaries had changed since 2004.