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of those reporting an iwi affiliation also The size of this problem may be reduced gave one secondary affiliation, while 5.6 with changes to the questionnaire wording percent gave two. eg specifically asking respondents to state a locality as well as their iwi and leaving a space on the questionnaire for this Don't know/Don't belong/Non-response response. A total of 110,661 persons (22 percent of all people of Maori ancestry) indicated that Naming confederation rather than iwi they did not know which iwi they belonged to. A further 18,150 persons (4 percent of A further problem was people who gave all people of Maori ancestry) said they did the confederation their iwi belonged to not belong to any iwi. An additional 11,991 rather than the specific iwi. This people (2 percent of all people of Maori particularly affected the counts for iwi from ancestry) were non-respondents to the iwi the and Te confederations. question. Note that 228 people gave a About 15,000 respondents stated "Tainui" combination of these responses. and 24,000 "" on their Census form, without providing any further information on the specific iwi they Iwi with common name but separate affiliated to. Smaller numbers of iwi for Tai identities Tokerau, Mataatua and Te Tairawhiti were In addition to the nine iwi listed as having similarly affected. Such responses were more than one regional basis, in the special coded to the NEC/NOD category within information brochure produced for Maori, the appropriate Level One grouping (eg Waitaha also presented difficulties during "Tainui" is coded to '/King the processing of information from the 1991 Country NEC/NOD"). Census (it being based in both the Te Arawa and regions). The Statement of geographic area only number of people who claimed affilation to one of these iwi and did not specify a The NEC/NOD categories within each locality on their Census questionnaire is Level One grouping also contained shown in the table below. Note that the responses where a general geographic area ninth iwi from the Maori brochure, Ngati was specified, rather than an iwi. The Kahungunu, is not listed. This is because numbers of responses assigned to the its three regional bases of , NEC/NOD categories in the 1991 Census Heretaunga and all fall into the are given in the next table. same region in Level One of the iwi classification. Those who stated they had an affiliation with Ngati Kahungunu, and did not specify a locality were coded to the "Kahungunu NOD" category within the Number of 1991 Census responses assigned to Level One grouping of Hawkes Bay/ NEC/NOD categories within each Wairarapa Iwi. A total of 41,778 affiliations Level One grouping from the 1991 Census fell into this group. Level One Number Percentage of Numbers of 1991 Census respondents reporting category assigned to all affiliations affiliation to a multi-territory iwi NEC/NOD to the and not specifying locality category Level One grouping Iwi Number affiliating Percentage of and not specifying total affiliations Northland/Auckland 2,331 2 a locality for that iwi Hauraki 390 9 15,399 25 11,028 98 Waikato/King Country Te Atiawa Te Arawa 26,997 47 6,417 90 Ngati Haua Bay of Plenty 1,002 2 3,288 89 Ngati Maru 225 0.5 97 East Coast Ngati Mutunga 1,311 249 1 3,003 85 Hawkes Bay/Wairarapa Rangitane 54 1 16,590 90 Ngati Raukawa Wbanganui 87 1 612 91 Ngati Tama Manawatu/Horowhenua/ 3,288 94 Ngati Toa 414 12 480 82 Waitaha South Island /Chatham Island 351 2 46,017