Census 2023

Poor and less-educated communities were worst affected. One possible figure for the Maori response was only 68%. People did not receive their codes, many did ...

The parliamentary protests last year showed how deep this distrust is. How much misinformation about the Census will be spread around the internet? It is compulsory to take part. However, in this age of Covid and of distortion and misrepresentation, a core detests the Government, mainstream media and much of authority. As was later admitted: "There were failures in the governance, strategic leadership, structure and culture of the Census operation." The Census has always been important in underpinning government and local government decisions.