The Geographical Mobility of Mâori in New Zealand

Isabelle Sin and Steven Stillman

Labor and Demography from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: This paper describes the geographical location and internal mobility of the Mâori ethnic group in New Zealand between 1991 and 2001. It is often suggested that Mâori are less mobile than other ethnic groups because of attachment to particular geographical locations. We compare the mobility of Mâori in particular locations to the mobility of similar Europeans in those same locations and find that, contrary to this anecdotal evidence, most Mâori are, on average, more mobile than Europeans in New Zealand. We do find that the roughly forty percent of Mâori who live in areas local to their iwi (tribe) are less mobile than comparable Europeans in those same areas. Defining local areas both based on both traditional iwi locations and current iwi populations, we find suggestive evidence that social ties are more important than land-based attachment in explaining why these Mâori are relatively less mobile, but that land- based attachment is also an important impediment to mobility.

Keywords: Mobility; Migration; Social Networks; New Zealand; Mâori; Labour Market Areas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 J62 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005-09-12
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