The politics and practice of counting: ethnicity in official statistics in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Summary of publication

The politics and practice of counting: ethnicity in official statistics in Aotearoa/New Zealand was produced as part of a broader project funded by Te Kete Hauora, Ministry of Health to investigate issues with ethnicity data in New Zealand and the implications of these for the Māori health and disability sector. The paper is one in a series of topic-based discussion papers. It aims to summarise key literature on the measurement of the Māori population in official ethnic statistics over time as a background to the accompanying discussion papers.

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Cormack D. 2010. The politics and practice of counting: ethnicity in official statistics in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare: Wellington

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Comments on this paper should be sent to: Donna Cormack, Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, PO Box 7343, Wellington South. Email: donna.cormack@otago.ac.nz