Prepared by BERL, this report estimates the size of the Maori Economy and illustrates the relationships between Māori economy and the wider New Zealand economy.
Purpose
This report presents the outcomes of stage three of a broader research project that explores the asset base for the Māori economy; and the potential, opportunity and value of Māori participation in science and innovation. In this stage, we focus on a comprehensive review of the asset base to inform us of its composition, value and relationship to economic measures such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and Social Accounting Matrix (SAM). As such, we have undertaken three distinct tasks:
• Revision of the asset base of the Māori economy.
• Recalculation of the contribution to New Zealand’s GDP from the Māori economy.
• Revision of a SAM representing flows within the Māori economy.