Entrepreneurs Per Region

Table 5 shows that in 2001 and 2006, there were more Māori entrepreneurs living in Auckland than any other region. Next in size were the Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Wellington region’s in terms of its entrepreneurial counts. The percentage change from 2001 and 2006 shows an increase in Māori entrepreneurs in the Bay of Plenty region of 23.7%, this is slightly higher than the Māori entrepreneur national average increase of 23.3%.

Table 5: Number of Māori Entrepreneurs* and Māori Population by Regional Council, 2001 and 2006 Censuses

Region	Number of Māori Entrepreneurs*		Increase in Māori Entrepreneurs 2001 -2006		Māori regional population (aged 15 years and over)		Increase/Decrease in Māori regional population 2001 -2006		Māori Entrepreneurs as a % of Māori regional population (aged 15 yrs and over)
	2001	2006	Absolute change	% change	2001	2006	Absolute change	% change	2001	2006	% point change
Northland	1,257	1,602	345	27.4	25,155	27,948	2,793	11.1	5.0	5.7	0.7
Auckland	4,806	5,856	1,050	21.8	80,835	88,806	7,971	9.9	5.9	6.6	0.6
Waikato	2,046	2,484	438	21.4	45,408	49,407	3,999	8.8	4.5	5.0	0.5
Bay of Plenty	1,839	2,274	435	23.7	39,648	43,539	3,891	9.8	4.6	5.2	0.6
Gisborne	507	576	69	13.6	12,378	12,954	576	4.7	4.1	4.4	0.4
Hawke's Bay	669	870	201	30.0	19,923	21,483	1,560	7.8	3.4	4.0	0.7
Taranaki	441	492	51	11.6	8,913	10,128	1,215	13.6	4.9	4.9	-0.1
Manawatu-Wanganui	990	1,191	201	20.3	24,171	26,859	2,688	11.1	4.1	4.4	0.3
Wellington	1,887	2,274	387	20.5	32,493	36,396	3,903	12.0	5.8	6.2	0.4
West Coast	132	135	3	2.3	1,518	1,821	303	20.0	8.7	7.4	-1.3
Canterbury	1,182	1,569	387	32.7	19,941	23,655	3,714	18.6	5.9	6.6	0.7
Otago	462	651	189	40.9	6,864	8,286	1,422	20.7	6.7	7.9	1.1
Southland	372	477	105	28.2	6,213	6,720	507	8.2	6.0	7.1	1.1
Tasman	135	159	24	17.8	1,647	1,932	285	17.3	8.2	8.2	0.0
Nelson	111	159	48	43.2	1,977	2,331	354	17.9	5.6	6.8	1.2
Marlborough	201	234	33	16.4	2,442	2,877	435	17.8	8.2	8.1	-0.1
Area Outside Region	60	63	3	5.0	279	264	-15	-5.4	21.5	23.9	2.4
Total	17,091	21,069	3,978	23.3	329,799	365,406	35,607	10.8

Source: Statistics New Zealand’s, Census of Population and Dwellings, 2001 and 2006.

*Employed people aged 15 years of age and over.

Note: This data has been randomly rounded to protect confidentiality. Individual figures may not add up to totals, and values for the same data may vary in different tables.

Map 1: Number of Māori Entrepreneurs by Regional Council, 2006 Census

Map 1 above graphically depicts the number of Māori entrepreneurs in New Zealand by regional council areas for the 2006 Census. The Auckland and Waikato regions have the highest counts of Māori entrepreneurs in New Zealand followed by the Bay of Plenty and Wellington regions. The larger counts of Māori entrepreneurs in these regions can be explained in part by the large numbers of Māori in these regions. In 2006, Māori entrepreneurs in the Bay of Plenty region made up 5.2% of the total Māori in this region (aged 15 years and over).

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