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Title

Te puāwaitanga o ngā iwi, 1874-1951 = Iwi in demographic change, 1874-1951 / R.J. Lowe.

Author

Lowe, R. J.

Publication

Wellington, N.Z. : Dept. of Maori Affairs, 1989.

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Additional Authors

New Zealand. Department of Māori Affairs

Description

x, 141, [52] p.; 30 cm.

Summary

This paper makes a significant contribution to Māori population studies because it is an attempt to analyse Māori population trends between 1874 and 1951 on a tribal basis. -- Foreword.

Alternative Title

• Iwi in demographic change, 1874-1951.
• Puawaitanga o nga iwi, 1874-1951
• Kaupapa korero : Puawaitanga o nga iwi, 1874-1951

Subject

• Māori (New Zealand people) > Statistics
• New Zealand > Statistics

Genre/Form

• Census data
• History

Note

• "A working paper of the Department of Maori Affairs."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 92-95).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Foreword / Tamati Reedy -- Executive summary -- Preface -- Introduction (Structure of the report ; Naming of iwi ; Related conference paper)
• Section one: The statistical base (Stastistical sources for the study of wi ; The information provided by the cesuses ; The changing statistical definition of the Maori population ; "Half-castes living as Europeans" ; The coveage and consistencyu of the censuses ; The views of the census enumerators ; Enumerators' views on the 1901 census ; Gilbert Mair's enumerator's report ; Views of other commentators ; Internal evidence ; Summary of comments on census coverage)
• Section two: The census classification of iwi (The iwi data in the censuses ; Iwi and "Principal tribes" ; Muaupoko and Rangitane ; The origin of the census categories of "Principal tribes" ; The consistency of the census categories of "Principal tribes" ; Allocation of individuals by "Principal tribe" ; Persons not allocated by "Principal tribe")
• Section three: The 1874-1901 populations (1974-1901 census populations of "Principal tribes" ; Population change of the "Principal tribes" 1874-1901 ; Allocation by tribe of "half-castes living as Europeans")
• Section four: Regional distribution and regional population change (The regional distribution of the "Principal tribes" in 1901 ; Regional population change up to 1951 ; Regional population changes 1901-1951)
• Section five: Population composition (Population composition effects ; Population structure data available ; The population growth potential of the "Principal tribes" ; A growth potential index)
• Section six: Projecting the 1901 "Principal tribe" populations (The context of Maori population change after 1901 ; Cohort component projections ; Allowing for deaths in the projections ; Allowing for births in the projections ; Childrn and parents in different statistical populations ; Interpreting the projected opulation totals ; Interpreting the composition of the projected populations ; The projection results ; Projected population composition ; Regional projections and regional migration)
• Section eight: Conclusions (Summary remarks ; General conclusions)
• Postscript: Recommendations concerning further research (To extend the appraisal of the census data ; Further analysis of the electoral rolls ; To improve the projection data and methodology)
• Appendix one: Defining the regions (Counties included in each region ; Sources of detailed county maps ; Effects of county boundary changes)
• Appendix two: Technical notes on projections (Method of calculation ; Base year populations ; Derivation of national census survivorship rates ; Maori children of non-Maori parents ; Non-Maori children of Maori parents)
• Appendix three: The age-sex structures of the "Principal tribes" -- Appendix four: Detailed projection results.

ISBN

0477015395

OCLC

• 154282976
• SCSB-11434610

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Harvard Library