Story: Ngāti Raukawa
Page 5 – Facts and figures
Iwi (tribal) identification
In the 1991, 2001 and 2006 New Zealand censuses, residents of Māori descent were asked to indicate the tribe to which they were affiliated. The figures below show the number who indicated the Ngāti Raukawa tribes (including those who indicated more than one tribe), and the regions where they were found in the greatest numbers.
The only previous census asking Māori to indicate tribal affiliation – but not of multiple tribes – was that of 1901.
Ngāti Raukawa
- 1901 census: 2,084
Ngāti Raukawa (Horowhenua/Manawatū)
- 1991 census: 1,014
- 2001 census: 11,088
- 2006 census: 13,233
Major regional locations
- Manawatū–Wanganui: 4,278
- Wellington: 3,195
Ngāti Raukawa (Waikato)
- 1991 census: 912
- 2001 census: 5,175
- 2006 census: 8,166
Major regional locations
- Waikato: 2,835
- Auckland: 1,575
Ngāti Raukawa (unspecified)
- 1991 census: 16,509
- 2001 census: 8,781
- 2006 census: 8,022
Major regional locations
- Waikato: 1,791
- Manawatū–Wanganui: 1,677
