Māori electorates by numbers

Some useful facts...

• 437,400 - voting age population in Māori electorates
• 174,842 - Electors on general roll who declared Māori descent (39.9% of voting age Māori)
• 229,666 - Electors on Māori Roll (52.5% of voting age Māori)
• 404,508 - Total Māori enrolled to vote (92%)
• 143,334 - Total votes cast by electors on Māori Roll (62% of electors on Māori Roll, 35% of total Māori enrolled)
• 642,900 - Estimated total Māori population in 2008 (14.8% of all New Zealanders)

This is why the Māori electorates will eventually be dissolved - not Don Brash, not the Māori Party - but simple demographics.