There were 535,472 Māori voters enrolled in the 2020 election compared with 476,798 in 2017, showing an increase of 58,674, or 12.3 per cent of voters in total.
Wright says there was a big increase in the number of young people turning out to vote this year.
For the 18-to-24-year-old age group, 43,293 more voted, representing an increase of 18.8 per cent.
"When the younger people start voting, the more likely they are to be voters for life, which is important if we are to continue to have high participation rates in future elections," Wright says.