3.4 Iwi Affiliation

Fifty-four percent of sentenced inmates that identified a primary ethnicity of Māori also identified an iwi affiliation (86 women and 1,315 men). Of the 1401 inmates that identified with an iwi, 357 identified with two iwi and 100 identified with more than two iwi. Only the primary iwi affiliation identified by inmates is analysed below.

To simplify these iwi affiliations, iwi have been grouped according to regions.

Table 3-5 Region of iwi identified by sentenced inmates.

Region of iwi	Female		Male		Total
Region of iwi	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Northland / Auckland	26	9.9%	370	7.7%	396	7.8%
Hauraki	5	0.0%	12	0.2%	12	0.2%
Waikato / King Country	5	1.9%	138	2.9%	143	2.8%
Te Arawa / Taupo	20	1.9%	133	2.8%	138	2.7%
Bay Of Plenty	11	7.6%	197	4.1%	217	4.3%
East Coast	11	4.2%	188	3.9%	199	3.9%
Hawkes Bay / Wairarapa	11	4.2%	113	2.3%	124	2.4%
Taranaki	3	1.1%	52	1.1%	55	1.1%
Whanganui	-	0.0%	23	0.5%	23	0.5%
Manawatu/ Horowhenua/ Wellington	1	0.4%	42	0.9%	43	0.8%
South Island / Chatham Island	4	1.5%	47	1.0%	51	1.0%
Total	86	100.0%	1315	100.0%	1401	100.0%

Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.

Geographical location of iwi is derived from Statistics New Zealand conventions. For a full listing of iwi matched to region, see Section 15.14 Iwi Regions.