taupori
1. (noun) population.
Nō te whakaputanga o ngā tatauranga o te tau 1896 ka kitea kei raro rawa te taupori Māori e putu ana (e 42,000). Koinei te tokoiti rawa o te Māori atu i te tīmatanga o te whakataiwhenuatanga (Te Ara 2014). / When the census of 1896 was published it was seen that the Māori population had declined drastically (42,000). The number of Māori was at its lowest since colonisation began.