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Nancy ColeGEOG3950Dr. Terance L. WinemillerJuly 26, 2011

New Zealand’s Maori: A Seriesof Maps Displaying 2006 Census

Data, by Regional Council

The Maori, New Zealand’s indigenous people, first arrived by canoe from eastern Polynesia more than 1,000 years ago.

Europeans began arriving in the 17th century.

According to the most recent census, 565,329 Maoris lived in New Zealand as of 2006, accounting for 14.1 percent of the country’s total population of 4,027,947.

New Zealand (Shaded Relief) 2006 (262K), Transverse Mercator, CP 172:00 E / 41:00 S

http:www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/new_zealand.html

New Zealand (Administrative Divisions) 2006 (262K), Transverse Mercator, CP 172:00 E / 41:00 S, with Regional

Council boundaries http:www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/new_zealand.html

Land Information New Zealand Place Names Database Pagehttp://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/find-names/topographic-

names-db

New Zealand 2006 Census Home Pagehttp:www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2006CensusHomePage.aspx

New Zealand 2006 Census Regional Summary Tables Pagehttp://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/about-2006-census/

regional-summary-tables.aspx#

New Zealand 2006 Census QuickStats About Maorihttp://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2006CensusHomePage/

QuickStats/quickstats-about-a-subject/maori.aspx

New Zealand 2006 Census QuickStats About Maorihttp://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2006CensusHomePage/QuickStats/

quickstats-about-a-subject/maori/tables-ko-nga-papatau.aspx

New Zealand Maori sharing in the sacred act of hongi, exchanging the ha or breath of life.

Captain James Cook’s 1769 map of New Zealand.(Salmond, page 118)

A young Maori welcoming group.

(Sutton, pages xvi-xvii)

A Maori woman blows a conch horn.

Polynesian dispersal patterns, as indicated bycurrent archaeological and linguistic evidence.(Sutton, page 5)

A Maori performs a traditional haka, aneye-rolling, tongue-flicking war dance.

Maori tribal locations. (Rice, pages 588-589)

Traditional Maori tattoos.

Distribution of Maori on the South Island ofNew Zealand, about 1750. (Clark, page 40).

New Zealand rugby team performs a haka.

The loss of Maori lands -- North Island, New Zealand.(Robinson, page 87).

Young New Zealanders exchanging the breath of life.

Counties where Maori pupils in state schoolsexceed 30 per cent of the school population.(Cameron, page 74)

New Zealand pastoral scene.

South Island: Provincial Districts, Land Districts, Counties,and Regions of Popular Conception. (Clark, pages 6 and 7)

New Zealand mountain scene.