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List of ethnic origins of New Zealanders

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In the most recent New Zealand census, in 2018, 70.2 per cent of the population identified as European and 16.5 per cent as Māori. Other major pan-ethnic groups include Asians (15.1 per cent) and Pacific peoples (8.1 per cent). Middle Eastern, Latin American and African ethnicities constitute a small remainder (1.5 per cent) of the population. When completing the census people could select more than one ethnic group and this list includes all of the stated ethnic groups if more than one is chosen.{{cite web|title=Cultural diversity|url=http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2013-census/profile-and-summary-reports/quickstats-about-national-highlights/cultural-diversity.aspx|work=2013 Census QuickStats about national highlights|publisher=Statistics New Zealand|access-date=18 August 2017|date=3 December 2013}}

New Zealand's ethnic diversity can be attributed to its history and location. For example, the country's colonisation by the UK is a core reason for its Western values and culture.

==Terminology==

The New Zealand census invites respondents to identify with an ethnic group.{{cite book|last1=Rocha|first1=Zarine L.|title="Mixed Race" Identities in Asia and the Pacific: Experiences from Singapore and New Zealand|date=2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317390787|page=27|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BTavCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA27|access-date=10 December 2017}}

There are six major ethnic groupings:{{cite web |url= http://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/classifications-and-standards/classification-related-stats-standards/ethnicity.aspx# |title= Classifications and related statistical standards – Ethnicity |publisher= Statistics New Zealand |date= June 2005 |access-date= 13 November 2016}}

  • European New Zealanders (Pākehā) are a European ethnic group. It includes New Zealanders of European descent, European peoples (e.g. British, Irish, Dutch, German, Russian, Italian, Greek), and other peoples of indirect European descent (e.g. Americans, Canadians, Australians and South Africans,).
  • Māori are the indigenous people of New Zealand.
  • Pacific peoples (Pasifika) originate from other islands in the Pacific, including from the Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau, all of which are dependent states of New Zealand, as well as other places like Tuvalu, Palau, The Pitcairn Islands and Fiji.{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Fraenkel|first1=Jon|title=Pacific Islands and New Zealand|encyclopedia=Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/pacific-islands-and-new-zealand|access-date=18 August 2017|date=20 June 2012}}
  • Asian New Zealanders are a pan-ethnic group deriving from various nations in the Asian continent, such as Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Indians, Filipinos, Vietnamese or their descendants.
  • Middle Eastern, Latin American, African (MELAA), and Caribbean ethnicities constitute a very small remainder of the population.
  • "Other" is a grouping of ethnic groups which do not fit into the other five top-level ethnic groups.

= Handling multiple ethnicities =

Many respondents identify with multiple ancestries. Outputting data on multiple ethnicities is normally handled one of two ways: total response or prioritised ethnicity. For this list, the total response method is used.

Total response counts people of multiple ethnicities in each ethnic groups in which they identify. While this shows all the people that identify with a particular ethnicities, the sum of all ethnic group populations adds to more than the total population. For example, a person who identifies as New Zealand European and Māori would be counted twice, once under each ethnicity, under total response output.

Prioritised ethnicity counts people with multiple ethnicities in the highest-priority single ethnic group in which they identify. The order of priority for ethnicity, from highest to lowest, is Māori, Pacific peoples, Asian, MELAA, other and European. While it has the advantage that the sum of all ethnic groups equals the total population, the preferential order can cause ethnic groups to be overrepresented or underrepresented, and may categorise a person differently from their self-identified primary ethnicity. For example, a person who identifies as New Zealand European and Māori would be counted under the Māori ethnic group under prioritised ethnicity output.{{Cite web|date=September 2017|title=HISO 10001:2017 Ethnicity Data Protocols|url=https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/publications/hiso-10001-2017-ethnicity-data-protocols-v2.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Health (New Zealand)}}

Ethnicities

Only ethnicities with 1,000 or more responses at the 2023 census are included individually:

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"
rowspan=2| Code

! rowspan=2| Ethnicity

rowspan=2| Ethnic group

! colspan="3" |Responses

2013{{cite web|title=Ethnic group profiles|url=http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2013-census/profile-and-summary-reports/ethnic-profiles.aspx|publisher=Statistics New Zealand|access-date=18 August 2017}}

!2018{{Cite web|url=https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/2018-census-totals-by-topic-national-highlights|title=2018 Census totals by topic – national highlights {{!}} Stats NZ|website=www.stats.govt.nz|access-date=2019-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923102431/https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/2018-census-totals-by-topic-national-highlights|archive-date=23 September 2019|url-status=dead}}

!2023

11111

| style="text-align:left;"| New Zealand European

style="text-align:left;"| European2,727,009

|3,013,440

|3,099,858

21111

| style="text-align:left;"| Māori

style="text-align:left;"| Māori598,605

|775,836

|887,493

42100

| style="text-align:left;"| Chinese {{Abbr|nfd|not further defined}}

style="text-align:left;"| Asian163,101

|231,387

|259,755

43100

| style="text-align:left;" |Indian {{Abbr|nfd|not further defined}}

style="text-align:left;" | Asian143,520

|221,916

|255,261

31111

| style="text-align:left;" |Samoan

style="text-align:left;" | Pacific144,138

|182,721

|213,069

41111

| style="text-align:left;" |Filipino

style="text-align:left;" | Asian40,350

|72,612

|108,297

33111

| style="text-align:left;" |Tongan

style="text-align:left;" | Pacific60,333

|82,389

|97,824

32100

| style="text-align:left;" | Cook Islands Māori {{Abbr|nfd|not further defined}}

style="text-align:left;" | Pacific61,077

|80,532

|94,176

12114

| style="text-align:left;" |English

style="text-align:left;" | European38,916

|72,204

|68,517

12948

| style="text-align:left;" |South African European

style="text-align:left;" | European28,656

|37,155

|48,930

61118

| style="text-align:left;" | New Zealander

style="text-align:left;" | Other65,973

|45,330

|42,684

44311

| style="text-align:left;"| Korean

style="text-align:left;"| Asian30,171

|35,664

|38,944

34111

| style="text-align:left;" |Niuean

style="text-align:left;" | Pacific23,883

|30,867

|34,944

12211

| style="text-align:left;" |Dutch

style="text-align:left;" | European28,503

|29,820

|30,948

12811

| style="text-align:left;" |Australian

style="text-align:left;" | European22,467

|29,349

|30,591

36111

| style="text-align:left;" | Fijian

style="text-align:left;" | Pacific14,445

|19,722

|25,038

43112

| style="text-align:left;" | Fijian Indian

style="text-align:left;" | Asian10,929

|15,132

|23,808

10000

| style="text-align:left;" | European {{Abbr|nfd|not further defined}}

style="text-align:left;" | European26,472

|34,632

|21,834

12116

| style="text-align:left;" | Irish

style="text-align:left;" | European14,193

|17,835

|21,261

12119

| style="text-align:left;" |Scottish

style="text-align:left;" | European14,412

|18,627

|19,767

44211

| style="text-align:left;" |Japanese

style="text-align:left;" | Asian14,118

|18,141

|19,488

12943

| style="text-align:left;" |American

style="text-align:left;" | European12,339

|16,245

|18,606

12711

| style="text-align:left;" |German

style="text-align:left;" | European12,810

|16,818

|17,565

52100

| style="text-align:left;" | Latin American {{Abbr|nfd|not further defined}}

style="text-align:left;" | MELAA5,622

|9,798

|15,861

44111

| style="text-align:left;" | Sinhalese

style="text-align:left;" | Asian1,017

|9,171

|14,436

41311

| style="text-align:left;" |Vietnamese

style="text-align:left;" | Asian6,660

|10,086

|14,157

41415

| style="text-align:left;" |Thai

style="text-align:left;" | Asian8,052

|10,623

|12,858

40000

| style="text-align:left;" | Asian {{Abbr|nfd|not further defined}}

style="text-align:left;" | Asian4,623

|11,811

|12,645

12100

| style="text-align:left;" | British {{Abbr|nfd|not further defined}}

style="text-align:left;" | European36,024

|11,607

|12,021

41211

| style="text-align:left;" |Cambodian

style="text-align:left;" | Asian8,601

|9,672

|11,514

51100

| style="text-align:left;" | Middle Eastern {{Abbr|nfd|not further defined}}

style="text-align:left;" | MELAA4,380

|8,268

|10,245

35111

| style="text-align:left;" |Tokelauan

style="text-align:left;" | Pacific7,173

|8,676

|9,822

52113

| style="text-align:left;" |Brazilian

style="text-align:left;" | MELAA2,868

|6,663

|9,216

43116

| style="text-align:left;" |Sikh

| style="text-align:left;" |Asian

|213

|192

|9,111

61117

| style="text-align:left;" |Other South African

| style="text-align:left;" |Other

|255

|6,816

|8,919

12945

| style="text-align:left;" |Canadian

style="text-align:left;" | European5,871

|7,797

|8,910

44411

| style="text-align:left;" |Afghani

style="text-align:left;" | Asian3,417

|5,250

|8,721

12924

| style="text-align:left;" | French

style="text-align:left;" | European4,593

|7,677

|8,451

41000

| style="text-align:left;" | Southeast Asian {{Abbr|nfd|not further defined}}

style="text-align:left;" | Asian1,272

|6,219

|8,235

42116

| style="text-align:left;" |Taiwanese

style="text-align:left;" | Asian5,715

|6,570

|8,163

44414

| style="text-align:left;" |Pakistani

style="text-align:left;" | Asian3,261

|6,135

|8,094

12935

| style="text-align:left;" |Russian

style="text-align:left;" | European5,979

|7,713

|8,040

41412

| style="text-align:left;" |Indonesian

style="text-align:left;" | Asian4,137

|6,033

|7,614

44413

| style="text-align:left;" |Nepalese

style="text-align:left;" | Asian1,590

|3,630

|6,948

37144

| style="text-align:left;" |Tuvaluan

style="text-align:left;" | Pacific3,537

|4,653

|6,585

12611

| style="text-align:left;" |Italian

style="text-align:left;" | European3,798

|5,352

|6,444

53100

| style="text-align:left;" |African {{Abbr|nfd|not further defined}}

style="text-align:left;" | MELAA6,822

|7,221

|6,402

12949

| style="text-align:left;" |Afrikaner

| style="text-align:left;" |European

|1,197

|789

|6,069

42113

| style="text-align:left;" | Malaysian Chinese

style="text-align:left;" | Asian1,848

|4,866

|5,865

12121

| style="text-align:left;" |Welsh

style="text-align:left;" | European3,708

|4,971

|5,724

51115

| style="text-align:left;" |Iranian/Persian

style="text-align:left;" | MELAA3,198

|4,425

|5,613

44100

| style="text-align:left;" |Sri Lankan {{Abbr|nfd|not further defined}}

style="text-align:left;" | Asian9,5614,245

|5,100

41414

| style="text-align:left;" |Malaysian

style="text-align:left;" | Asian4,797

|3,729

|4,797

37124

| style="text-align:left;" |Kiribati

style="text-align:left;" | Pacific2,115

|3,225

|4,659

44112

| style="text-align:left;" |Sri Lankan Tamil

| style="text-align:left;" |Asian

|732

|3,501

|4,221

43115

| style="text-align:left;" |Punjabi

| style="text-align:left;" |Asian

|324

|459

|4,152

52114

| style="text-align:left;" |Chilean

style="text-align:left;" | MELAA1,686

|2,886

|4,083

12511

| style="text-align:left;" | Croatian

style="text-align:left;" | European2,673

|2,946

|3,609

44412

| style="text-align:left;" | Bangladeshi

style="text-align:left;" | Asian1,623

|2,337

|3,552

42111

| style="text-align:left;" |Hong Kong Chinese

| style="text-align:left;" |Asian

|222

|3,177

|3,501

41411

| style="text-align:left;" | Burmese

style="text-align:left;" | Asian2,187

|2,475

|3,453

12411

| style="text-align:left;" | Polish

style="text-align:left;" | European2,163

|2,871

|3,360

12939

| style="text-align:left;" | Spanish

style="text-align:left;" | European2,043

|2,773

|3,162

12941

| style="text-align:left;" | Swiss

style="text-align:left;" | European2,388

|2,649

|2,880

52111

| style="text-align:left;" |Argentinian

| style="text-align:left;" |MELAA

|726

|1,824

|2,826

12311

| style="text-align:left;" | Greek

style="text-align:left;" | European2,478

|2,475

|2,823

53127

| style="text-align:left;" |Other Zimbabwean

| style="text-align:left;" |MELAA

|

|1,068

|2,760

51117

| style="text-align:left;" | Israeli/Jewish

style="text-align:left;" | MELAA1,353

|1,854

|2,757

51112

| style="text-align:left;" | Arab

style="text-align:left;" | MELAA2,919

|2,994

|2,640

12999

| style="text-align:left;" | European {{Abbr|nec|not elsewhere classified}}

style="text-align:left;" | European2,637

|1,968

|2,562

12920

| style="text-align:left;" | Danish

style="text-align:left;" | European1,986

|2,214

|2,496

51116

| style="text-align:left;" | Iraqi

style="text-align:left;" | MELAA2,583

|2,688

|2,490

53119

| style="text-align:left;" | Somali

style="text-align:left;" | MELAA1,617

|1,701

|2,376

43119

| style="text-align:left;" |South African Indian

| style="text-align:left;" |Asian

|

|1,632

|2,340

30000

| style="text-align:left;" | Pacific Peoples {{Abbr|nfd|not further defined}}

style="text-align:left;" | Pacific1,0262,724

|2,271

52115

| style="text-align:left;" |Colombian

| style="text-align:left;" |MELAA

|654

|1,620

|2,226

41499

|style="text-align:left;" |Southeast Asian {{Abbr|nec|not elsewhere classified}}

|style="text-align:left;" |Asian

|723

|1,638

|2,223

61199

| style="text-align:left;" |Other ethnicity {{Abbr|nec|not elsewhere classified}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Other

|150

|4,017

|2,163

12942

| style="text-align:left;" |Ukrainian

| style="text-align:left;" |European

|852

|1,281

|2,151

53121

| style="text-align:left;" |Ethiopian

style="text-align:left;" | MELAA1,242

|1,635

|2,151

12940

| style="text-align:left;" |Swedish

style="text-align:left;" | European1,401

|1,911

|2,127

37140

| style="text-align:left;" |Tahitian

style="text-align:left;" | Pacific1,407

|1,737

|2,019

52123

| style="text-align:left;" |Mexican

| style="text-align:left;" |MELAA

|711

|1,425

|1,965

12919

| style="text-align:left;" | Czech

style="text-align:left;" | European1,083

|1,740

|1,953

53199

| style="text-align:left;" | African {{Abbr|nec|not elsewhere classified}}

style="text-align:left;" | MELAA1,158

|1,005

|1,929

51120

| style="text-align:left;" |Lebanese

style="text-align:left;" | MELAA1,044

|1,278

|1,878

41413

| style="text-align:left;" | Laotian

style="text-align:left;" | Asian1,374

|1,608

|1,860

51114

| style="text-align:left;" | Egyptian

style="text-align:left;" | MELAA1,110

|1,533

|1,854

12926

| style="text-align:left;" |Hungarian

style="text-align:left;" | European1,365

|1,638

|1,788

51127

| style="text-align:left;" |Turkish

| style="text-align:left;" |European

|957

|1,320

|1,779

12932

| style="text-align:left;" |Portuguese

| style="text-align:left;" |European

|942

|1,365

|1,746

61113

| style="text-align:left;" |Indigenous American

| style="text-align:left;" |Other

|750

|1,278

|1,623

12950

| style="text-align:left;" | Zimbabwean European

style="text-align:left;" | European1,617

|1,872

|1,497

42112

| style="text-align:left;" |Cambodian Chinese

| style="text-align:left;" |Asian

|132

|1,413

|1,467

12933

| style="text-align:left;" | Romanian

style="text-align:left;" | European1,452

|1,485

|1,437

12931

| style="text-align:left;" |Norwegian

| style="text-align:left;" |European

|810

|1,131

|1,410

53115

| style="text-align:left;" |Nigerian

| style="text-align:left;" |MELAA

|291

|636

|1,365

12514

| style="text-align:left;" |Serbian

style="text-align:left;" | European1,056

|1,284

|1,347

12913

| style="text-align:left;" |Austrian

style="text-align:left;" | European1,029

|1,272

|1,338

37138

| style="text-align:left;" |Rotuman

| style="text-align:left;" |Pacific

|783

|981

|1,323

44416

| style="text-align:left;" | Eurasian

style="text-align:left;" | Asian1,365

|1,389

|1,296

37135

| style="text-align:left;" |Papua New Guinean

| style="text-align:left;" |Pacific

|807

|1,131

|1,290

53118

| style="text-align:left;" |Caribbean

| style="text-align:left;" |MELAA

|807

|1,047

|1,284

37112

| style="text-align:left;" |Indigenous Australian

| style="text-align:left;" |Pacific

|453

|795

|1,161

37145

| style="text-align:left;" |Ni Vanuatu

| style="text-align:left;" |Pacific

|492

|990

|1,161

41417

| style="text-align:left;" |Chin

| style="text-align:left;" |Asian

|

|834

|1,110

51113

| style="text-align:left;" |Assyrian

style="text-align:left;" | MELAA1,497

|1,293

|1,101

53116

| style="text-align:left;" |African American

| style="text-align:left;" |MELAA

|510

|855

|1,083

43114

| style="text-align:left;" |Indian Tamil

| style="text-align:left;" |Asian

|300

|315

|1,074

99999

| style="text-align:left;" | Not specifieda

style="text-align:left;" |230,646

|0

|

  • nfd – Not Further Defined (insufficient data to classify the response further)
  • nec – Not Elsewhere Classified (when no category exists for the response)
  • a – Includes Don't Know, Refused to Answer, Response Unidentifiable, Response Outside Scope and Not Stated
  • MELAA – Middle Eastern, Latin American and African

Ethnic groups by region

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"
+Ethnic groups by regional council area, 2018 census{{Cite web|url=http://nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz/wbos/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=TABLECODE8321|title=Ethnic group (detailed total response - level 3) by age and sex, for the census usually resident population count, 2006, 2013, and 2018 Censuses (RC, TA, SA2, DHB).|website=nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz|access-date=2020-03-03}}
rowspan=2| Regioncolspan=2| Europeancolspan=2| Maoricolspan=2| Pacificcolspan=2| Asiancolspan=2| {{Abbr|MELAA|Middle Eastern, Latin American and African}}colspan=2| Other
Num.%Num.%Num.%Num.%Num.%Num.%
style="text-align:left;"| Northland130,97173.164,45836.07,5424.27,0413.99000.52,1241.2
style="text-align:left;"| Auckland841,38653.5181,19411.5243,96615.5442,67428.235,8382.316,7461.1
style="text-align:left;"| Waikato340,80074.4109,48823.920,7424.543,7759.55,1271.15,6191.2
style="text-align:left;"| Bay of Plenty227,10073.689,77829.110,9263.522,1227.22,1810.73,2821.1
style="text-align:left;"| Gisborne27,61258.125,13552.92,1304.51,3412.82130.44380.9
style="text-align:left;"| Hawke's Bay124,79775.044,93127.09,3515.68,2535.09270.61,8391.1
style="text-align:left;"| Taranaki99,66084.823,29819.82,5202.15,3314.56990.61,6771.4
style="text-align:left;"| Manawatu-Whanganui189,59779.454,57022.910,1404.215,3756.41,8360.83,3691.4
style="text-align:left;"| Wellington378,25574.672,25214.342,7748.465,60112.99,4921.97,2631.4
style="text-align:left;"| North Island2,360,17865.7665,10318.5350,0919.7611,49317.057,2131.642,3571.2
style="text-align:left;"| Tasman48,53492.64,5728.78611.61,4522.82460.57921.5
style="text-align:left;"| Nelson44,12486.75,42110.71,1942.33,5917.14320.87471.5
style="text-align:left;"| Marlborough41,57187.86,31813.31,4643.11,9294.14020.87711.6
style="text-align:left;"| West Coast28,57590.53,68711.74771.51,0683.41680.55761.8
style="text-align:left;"| Canterbury494,34082.456,2989.418,9273.266,67211.17,3141.28,3071.4
style="text-align:left;"| Otago195,72086.919,5218.76,0992.715,9877.14,0141.83,0541.4
style="text-align:left;"| Southland84,32486.514,48414.92,5232.65,4065.55400.61,4281.5
style="text-align:left;"| South Island937,18884.8110,30110.031,5452.996,1058.713,1161.215,6751.4
style="background:#f0f0f0;"

|style="text-align:left;"| New Zealand

|3,297,864

|70.2

|775,836

|16.5

|381,642

|8.1

|707,598

|15.1

|70,332

|1.5

|58,053

|1.2

= In images =

File:Euro NZ 2006 to 2018.gif|alt=|European from 2006 to 2018

File:Maori ethnicity declared in 2018.png|alt=|Māori in 2018

File:Asians ethnicity 2018 mapped.png|alt=|Asian in 2018

File:Pacific peoples 2018 mapped.png|alt=|Pacific peoples in 2018

See also

Citations

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References

  • {{citation|title=2013 Census QuickStats|date=2013|publisher=Statistics New Zealand|isbn=978-0-478-40864-5}}

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