Source: Statistics New Zealand
Tatauranga umanga Māori – Statistics on Māori businesses: December 2025 quarter – information release
2 April 2026
Tatauranga umanga Māori – Statistics on Māori businesses: December 2025 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 December 2025 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 December 2025 quarter, compared with the December 2024 quarter:
- the total value of sales by Māori authorities was $1,077 million, down $159 million (13 percent)
- the total value of purchases by Māori authorities was $718 million, down $182 million (20 percent)
- the total number of filled jobs for Māori authorities was 11,410, down 810 jobs (6.6 percent)
- the total value of earnings by employees of Māori authorities was $235 million, down $20 million (7.8 percent)
- Māori authorities exported $200 million worth of goods, down $54 million (21 percent).
