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Growing Ethnic Diversity in New Zealand and its Implications for Measuring Differentials in Fertility and Mortality Mansoor Khawaja, Bill Boddington, Robert Didham Statistics New Zealand First published 2000 Republished 2007 Growing Ethnic Diversity in New Zealand and its Implications for Measuring Differentials in Fertility and Mortality Disclaimer The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Statistics New Zealand. Statistics NZ takes no responsibility for any errors or omissions in, or for the correctness of, the information contained in this paper. Reproduction of material Any table or other material published in this paper may be reproduced and published without further licence, provided that it does not purport to be published under government authority and that acknowledgement is made of this source. This paper is a revised and expanded version based on a paper read at the Australian Population Association Conference held in Adelaide, 1998, and in a revised form, at the PANZ Conference in Hamilton in 1999. First published in 2000 Republished in 2007 by Statistics New Zealand Tatauranga Aotearoa Wellington, New Zealand t.nz ISBN 978-04-478-31503-5 (online) 2 Growing Ethnic Diversity in New Zealand and its Implications for Measuring Differentials in Fertility and Mortality Contents 1 Introduction 4 2 Ethnic questioning 7 3 Census results 19 4 New Zealand Māori 30 5 Vital statistics 37 6 Ethnic data issues – towards an understanding 44 7 Conclusion 46