6700 Māori 10000-99999 530,000 There are 60,000 speakers in New Zealand (Fishman 1991). 100,000 people understand it but do not speak it (1995 Maori Language Commission). Data for the ethnic population comes from the Honolulu Advertiser (2002). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009) Off 60,260 10000-99999