Source: Statistics New Zealand
Tatauranga umanga Māori – Statistics on Māori businesses: March 2026 quarter – information release
8 July 2026
Tatauranga umanga Māori – Statistics on Māori businesses: March 2026 quarter presents information on one subset of Māori businesses that contribute to our country’s economy. This release includes data on Māori authorities and related businesses. It does not cover all Māori businesses in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Māori authorities are defined as businesses that receive, manage, and/or administer assets held in common ownership by iwi and Māori. Māori authorities are largely identified through their tax codes as registered with Inland Revenue. Any business within a Māori authority ownership group is also included for the purposes of Tatauranga umanga Māori.
Key facts
In the March 2026 quarter, around 1,500 Māori authorities and related businesses were in the Tatauranga umanga Māori population.
All figures are actual values and are not adjusted for seasonal effects.
In the March 2026 quarter, compared with the March 2025 quarter:
- the total value of sales by Māori authorities was $972 million, down $109 million (10 percent)
- the total value of purchases by Māori authorities was $622 million, down $123 million (16 percent)
- the total number of filled jobs for Māori authorities was 10,860, down 1,070 jobs (9.0 percent)
- the total value of earnings by employees of Māori authorities was $199 million, down $14 million (6.7 percent)
- Māori authorities exported $182 million worth of goods, down $37 million (17 percent).