Māori have highest increases in life expectancy – Stats NZ media and information release: National and subnational period life tables: 2022–2024
Māori have highest increases in life expectancy – media release
30 July 2025
Life expectancy at birth for people identifying with the Māori ethnic group increased more than that of other broad ethnic groups between 2005–2007 and 2022–2024, according to figures released by Stats NZ today.
However, life expectancy for Māori remains lower than that of other ethnic populations.
Life expectancy at birth for people who identify as Māori was 75.8 years in 2022–2024, up 3.1 years from 2005–2007. Over the same period, life expectancy at birth for people who identify with ‘European or Other’, Pacific, or Asian ethnicities each increased by 1.5–1.6 years.
In 2022–2024, life expectancy at birth was:
81.8 years for the population of Aotearoa New Zealand as a whole
82.8 years for people who identify with European or Other (including New Zealander) ethnicities
76.9 years for people who identify with a Pacific ethnicity
86.3 years for people who identify with an Asian ethnicity.
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