Quick Facts about Māori Language Knowledge, Use and Participation – 15 September 2017 (edition 31/2017)

Number of Speakers There are two instruments that capture information about the number of Māori speakers: the Census, which provides breadth of coverage across all New Zealanders; and Te Kupenga (the Māori Social Survey), which provides depth of coverage.   At Census 2013, some 125,350 Māori people could speak Māori