worse than 2018's record low
Raw figures released to 1News show just 649,200 forms have been returned from people of Māori decent so far – about 64 percent.
The numbers aren't an official figure and could include duplicates, but they show we're a long way off the 90% participation target for Māori set by Statistics New Zealand.
"We would have liked to see a higher turnout from Māori and Pacific people because they are underrepresented in almost all the data that we have from them, Stats NZ deputy government statistician Simon Mason said.
Link to video and article: Concerns this year's Māori census turnout worse than 2018 record low (1news.co.nz)
