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6. A question to determine

Statistics has yet to develop a • To encourage Maori to apply for standard iwi question which could be used in a temporary enumerator positions self-completed • questionnaire.. When this development work is undertaken, it will be • To provide a by region, to necessary to review the issues and problems assist respondents in answering the iwi associated with the question asked in the 1991 question Census. Some comments on these issues are outlined in Section 6.3 of this chapter. • To give some further explanatory notes on completing the questionnaire and the iwi question in particular, eg note 6.1 1991 Census iwi question 3e gave a list of iwi that had more than A question on New Zealand Maori ancestry was one regional base, indicating what asked of all people usually resident in New those regional options were and asking Zealand and was used as a filter for the iwi respondents to state the region if they question. It asked: affiliated to one of those iwi. The iwi involved (with regional options) were: Have you any New Zealand Maori ancestry? — Te Atiawa (, , 24 El No Now go to Question 10: ) Don't know } "What country were you born in?" 25 0 — Ngati Haua (Waikato/King 26 0 Yes Now go to Question 9: the iwi question. Country, Whanganui) The guide notes for this question stated "If you — Ngati Maru (Hauraki/Coromandel, have any New Zealand Maori ancestors, that is, Taranaki) you are a descendant of a New Zealand Maori no — Ngati Mutunga (Taranaki, Chatham matter how distant, tick box 26." Islands) — Rangitane (Hawkes Bay /Wairarapa, The two-part iwi question then asked those who Manawatu, South Island) answered "yes" to Maori ancestry: — Ngati Raukawa (Waikato/King (a) What is the main iwi (tribe) you belong to? Country, Horowhenua/Manawatu) (Please state one iwi only) — Ngati Tama (Taranaki, South Island) — Ngati Toa (Wellington, South Island) 27 0 Don't know — Ngati Kahungunu (Wairoa, Here- 28 0 Don't belong to any iwi (tribe) taunga, Wairarapa). Note: (b) What other iwi (tribes) do you have strong ties with? 1. The iwi list by region in this booklet (Please state no more than two iwi ) was incomplete. 2. Waitaha (South Island, Te ) The guide notes for part (a) of this question said should have appeared on the list of that " 'Main iwi you belong to' means your main iwi with more than one regional ancestral tribe/iwi. " For part (b) the guide notes option. stated: " 'Other iwi you have strong ties with' means those other tribes which are important to you." 6.2 Background to 1991 Census iwi question Further information on the iwi question was The iwi question in the 1991 Census was worded provided in a special brochure produced for to elicit two quite different pieces of information. Maori. The aims of this booklet were: Under the Runanga Iwi Act, main iwi was • To introduce the three Maori liaison required by central government to assist with iwi officers appointed to assist Statistics development and funding issues; hence part (a) New Zealand in conducting the 1991 of the question. However, the Act also required Census information on all the iwi a person was affiliated