Te Ōhanga Māori dashboard indicators

Te Ōhanga Māori dashboard presents a comprehensive set of key economic indicators that provide insight into the Māori economy across five crucial areas, offering a detailed snapshot of the economic landscape and progress of Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand:

  • Population: Māori population, working age population, and under 15 population
  • Employment: Labour force participation rate, unemployment rate, employment status, labour force status, and employment income
  • Households: Household income, household tenure, home-ownership rate, and Māori household definition
  • Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Production GDP, expenditure GDP, income GDP, and overall GDP measure
  • Collectives and businesses: Asset base and Māori-owned businesses.

These indicators collectively paint a picture of the dynamic and growing Māori economy, and offer a detailed snapshot of the economic landscape and progress of Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand. For more detail on the indicators, click here.

Te Ōhanga Māori research

  • Te Ōhanga Māori 2023 (2025): The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) commissioned BERL to update and provide the fourth iteration of Te Ōhanga Māori, showing how the Māori economy continues to grow and transform within the Aotearoa New Zealand economy.
  • The value of Maori tourism (2025): New Zealand Māori Tourism (NZMT) commissioned BERL to undertake a broad yet comprehensive analysis of Māori tourism in Aotearoa New Zealand, from determining the economic contribution of Māori tourism in Te Ōhanga Māori to highlighting the valuable role Māori collectives and Māori businesses play.
  • Te Ōhanga Wāhine Māori 2024 (2024): BERL was commissioned by Manatū Wāhine – Ministry for Women to estimate the size and nature of Te Ōhanga Wāhine Māori – the Māori women’s economy. This groundbreaking report highlights the economic and wellbeing contributions of wāhine Māori in households, businesses, and communities.
  • Nau mai te Ānamata - Tomorrow's skills (2022): This report was inspired by the Future for Young Australians New Work Order report released in 2020, and founded on BERL’s report, Changing the work mindset: Māori in New Zealand’s seven job clusters.
  • Te Ōhanga Māori i Tāmaki Makaurau – Auckland’s Māori Economy (2021): Prepared for The Southern Initiative and Auckland Council, this research followed Te Ōhanga Māori 2018, analysing the how the large Māori economy in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland drives the wider Aotearoa Māori economy forward.
  • Māori economy emissions profile (2021): BERL and Land Use Capability Assessments (LUCA) were commissioned by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and MBIE to create an emissions profile for the Māori economy to help MPI and MBIE understand vulnerabilities and opportunities for the Māori economy in the transition to a low emissions economy.
  • Te Ōhanga Māori 2018 (2021):  Produced by BERL in partnership with Te Pūtea Matua – The Reserve Bank of New Zealand, the third iteration of our Te Ōhanga Māori series paints a picture of the Māori economy in 2018, showing far-reaching business activities, a diverse asset base, and a growing workforce with growing skills.
  • Māori in horticulture (2020): Commissioned by Te Puni Kōkiri, MPI, and Horticulture New Zealand, this research estimates the size and share of Māori in the horticulture sector in 2020.
  • He awa ara rau: A journey of many paths (2020): A collaboration between Waikato-Tainui, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, The Southern Initiative, and BERL, the data research project tracks the journey of over 70,000 rangatahi through education into employment.
  • Whano - Towards futures that work for Māori (2020): A collaboration between Waikato-Tainui, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, and BERL, one of a series of data reports designed to gain greater insight into the systemic and structural bias that historically has limited educational achievement and marginalised many Māori into low-skill blue collar employment.
  • Ka whati te tai: A generation disrupted (2020): One of a series of Māori Futures reports produced  in partnership with the Ngāi Tahu initiative Tokona Te Raki: Māori Futures Collective, examines the economic impacts of COVID-19 on Māori, highlighting challenges and opportunities in the post-pandemic work landscape.
  • Education, training and extension services for Māori land owners (2019): Research conducted in partnership with the Federation of Māori Authorities (FOMA), for the Interim Climate Change Committee (ICCC), focusing on ensuring appropriate education, training, and extension services for Māori stakeholders to support emissions reduction efforts.