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Population Studies
A Journal of Demography
Volume 27, 1973 - Issue 1
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Estimates of New Zealand Maori vital rates from the mid-nineteenth century to World War I

Pages 117-125 | Published online: 09 Nov 2011
 

Abstract

Indigenous populations in the Pacific and elsewhere decreased in size during the early period of European colonization. A logically appealing explanation would be that this resulted from very high death rates, while birth rates were merely high, but there are few data to support or reject such a contention. Moreover, against this case must be placed the persistent reports that the declines resulted from ‘psychological depression following contact’; reports which appear to be based on a confusion between fertility levels and replacement levels. This paper reviews the data on the Maori population and provides a series of estimates which lend support to the argument that both fertility and mortality levels were high.

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