This week Statistics New Zealand released the 2015 Māori Population estimates. The total population is estimated at 712,300 tangata, a 1.5% increase from last year. The population remains mostly youthful – 33% are aged 15 years or younger, although the median age has risen slightly to 24 years. The
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