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The table presented below contains the Māori and non-Māori populations of each District Health Board (DHB), by life-cycle age group in 2006.

District Health Board age distributions,
Māori and non-Māori, 2006

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DHB	0 - 14 years		15 - 24 years		25 - 44 years		45 - 64 years		65+ years		Total
DHB	Māori	non-Māori	Māori	non-Māori	Māori	non-Māori	Māori	non-Māori	Māori	non-Māori	Māori	non-Māori
Northland	15555	19242	6849	10302	10794	24882	7473	31776	2685	18696	43518	104982
Waitemata	15303	89250	7881	59826	12315	130719	6024	107160	1263	51738	42891	438750
Auckland	8742	67344	5694	61524	9348	126834	4740	81633	1212	37611	29862	375030
Counties Manukau	25308	86751	12051	53043	18216	105858	9564	84132	1989	36267	67251	365823
Waikato	23778	53505	12354	36537	17772	72393	10269	69855	2829	39921	67488	271746
Bay of Plenty	16200	27396	7314	15270	11859	36996	7734	41241	2313	28614	45624	149289
Lakes	10968	12852	5256	7218	8376	18363	5094	18510	1452	10284	31374	66942
Tairāwhiti	6804	4842	3141	2613	5100	6105	3564	6960	1197	4167	19767	24735
Taranaki	5649	17061	2802	10290	4155	23043	2397	23487	717	14712	15828	88494
Hawkes Bay	12102	21957	5718	12546	8892	29181	5466	31893	1515	19041	33909	114372
Whanganui	5106	8718	2526	5346	3726	11517	2337	13230	702	9075	14412	47796
MidCentral	9849	24063	5088	19014	7044	33885	3732	33879	957	21330	26709	132144
Hutt Valley	7686	23157	3888	14604	6084	33024	3156	29064	525	14853	21474	114612
Capital & Coast	8592	43329	5229	37137	8031	77226	3783	55158	771	27243	26502	240189
Wairarapa	2067	6102	909	3315	1356	7734	879	9957	267	6048	5496	33123
Nelson- Marlborough	3840	21927	1923	12762	2976	31080	1725	34569	405	18762	10953	119106
West Coast	1005	5430	444	2928	690	7698	423	8358	105	4206	2925	28407
Canterbury	11814	79890	6444	60027	9219	122397	4749	109071	1134	61635	33459	432945
South Canterbury	1182	9342	570	5238	744	12225	477	14382	153	9564	3162	50712
Otago	3699	28224	2682	29004	2895	42189	1608	43125	399	25494	11469	167925
Southland	3828	17973	2109	11583	2988	28086	1746	24615	537	13326	11304	95526

Source: Statistics New Zealand

The following are two maps based on 2001 Census data: the ﬁrst showing the number of Māori living in each DHB in 2001, and the second showing the proportion of each DHBs population that is Māori in 2001.

Māori Population Count in New Zealand by District Health Board

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Text description: This map of New Zealand portrays the number of Māori based on the 2001 Census, living within each of the 21 District Health Board areas. The highest number of Māori are in the Northland, Counties Manukau, Waikato and Bay of Plenty DHB areas (39703-64290). They are followed by Waitemata, Lakes and Hawkes Bay DHB areas (28735-39702). Next are MidCentral, Capital and Coast, Hutt Valley and Canterbury DHB areas (19375-28734) followed by Tairawhiti, Taranaki, Whanganui and Southland DHB areas (9880-19374). The DHB areas with the lowest number of Māori are Wairarapa, Nelson Marlborough, West Coast, South Canterbury and Otago (2532-9879).

Māori Population Proportions in New Zealand by District Health Board

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Text description: This map of New Zealand portrays the population proportion of Māori based on the 2001 Census, living within each of the 21 District Health Board areas. The DHB areas with the highest proportion of Māori are Northland, Bay of Plenty, Lakes and Tairawhiti (24%-44%) followed by Counties Manakau, Waikato, Whanganui and Hawkes Bay (16%-23%). Next are Taranaki, MidCentral, Wairarapa and Hutt Valley (11%-15%) followed by Auckland, Capital and Coast, West Coast and Southland (9%-10%). The DHB areas with the lowest proportion of Māori are Nelson Marlborough, Canterbury, South Canterbury and Otago (5%-8%).

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