The document is a project by Nancy Cole for a GEOG3950 class at the University of Texas. It contains maps and census data showing the distribution of the indigenous Maori people of New Zealand according to the 2006 census. The census found that 565,329 Maori lived in New Zealand, accounting for 14.1% of the total population of 4,027,947. The maps display the Maori population breakdown by regional council boundaries.

1. ColePROJECT
Nancy Cole
GEOG3950
Dr. Terance L. Winemiller
July 26, 2011

2. New Zealand’s Maori: A Series
of Maps Displaying 2006 Census
Data, by Regional Council

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. New Zealand (Shaded Relief) 2006 (262K), Transverse
Mercator, CP 172:00 E / 41:00 S
http:www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/new_zealand.html

6. 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

7. Land Information New Zealand Place Names Database Page
http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/findnames/topographic-names-db

8. New Zealand 2006 Census Home Page
http:www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2006CensusHomePage.aspx

9. New Zealand 2006 Census Regional Summary Tables Page
http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/about-2006census/regional-summary-tables.aspx#

14. New Zealand 2006 Census QuickStats About Maori
http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2006CensusHomePage/
QuickStats/quickstats-about-a-subject/maori.aspx

15. New Zealand 2006 Census QuickStats About Maori
http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2006CensusHomePage/QuickStats/
quickstats-about-a-subject/maori/tables-ko-nga-papatau.aspx

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

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

28. A young Maori welcoming group.

29. (Sutton, pages xvi-xvii)

30. A Maori woman blows a conch horn.

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

32. A Maori performs a traditional haka, an
eye-rolling, tongue-flicking war dance.

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

34. Traditional Maori tattoos.

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

36. New Zealand rugby team performs a haka.

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

38. Young New Zealanders exchanging the breath of life.

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

40. New Zealand pastoral scene.

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

42. New Zealand mountain scene.