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| New Zealand European |
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| Total population |
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2,381,076 |
| Regions with significant populations |
| North Island, South Island, Australia |
| Languages |
| English |
| Religion |
| Christianity 60.0% Anglicanism 19.2% Catholicism 13.4% Presbyterianism 13.6% no religion 32.2% object to answer 7.1% |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Anglo-African, Afrikaner, English, Irish, Scottish, Dutch, White British, Anglo-Celtic Australian, White African, White American and other Whites |
The term New Zealand European refers to New Zealand residents of European descent who identify as New Zealand Europeans rather than some more specific European group. Most European New Zealanders are of English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish ancestry, with smaller percentages of other European ancestries such as French (especially in Akaroa), Dutch and South Slav.2
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Census statistics
The 2006 Census counted 2,381,076 New Zealand Europeans, or 59.1% of those who gave their ethnicity. Most Census reports do not separate New Zealand Europeans from the broader European ethnic category, which was the largest broad ethnic category in the 2006 Census. Europeans comprised 67.6 percent of respondents in 2006 compared with 80.1 percent in the 2001 census.3 The apparent drop in this figure was due to Statistics New Zealand's acceptance of 'New Zealander' as a distinct response to the ethnicity question, along with an email campaign asking people to give this as their ethnicity in the 2006 Census4. In previous Censuses, these responses were counted belonging to the New Zealand European group. 1 Eleven percent of respondents identified as New Zealanders in the 2006 Census (or as something similar, e.g. "Kiwi"),5 well above the trend observed in previous Censuses, and higher than the percentage seen in other surveys that year.6
Alternative terms
Pākehā
The term Pākehā is often used interchangeably with New Zealand European (although Pākehā can also be used to describe any non-Māori person). New Zealanders who consider "European" to be anachronistic and inadequate often prefer Pākehā, feeling that this better describes their ethnic and cultural identity. Others dislike the word Pākehā and consider it to be racist and pejorative.citation needed
Palangi
The term "Palangi" is Samoan in origin and is used in similar ways to Pākehā, usually by people of Samoan or other Pacific Island descent.
British and Irish New Zealanders
This section is about New Zealanders of British or Irish descent. For British people of New Zealander descent, see New Zealander British
- See also: British people, Irish people
The New Zealand 2006 census statistics reported citizens with British (27,192), English(44,202), Irish (12,651), Celtic(1,506), Scottish(15,039), and Welsh(3,771) origins. Historically, a sense of 'Britishness' has figured prominently in the identity of many New Zealanders. 7 As late as the 1950s it was common for New Zealanders to refer to themselves as British, such as when Prime Minister Keith Holyoake described Sir Edmund Hillary's successful ascent of Mt. Everest as "[putting] the British race and New Zealand on top of the world".8 New Zealand passports described nationals as "British Subject and New Zealand Citizen" until 1974, when this was changed to "New Zealand Citizen".9
While "European" identity predominates political discourse in New Zealand today, the term "British" is still used by some New Zealanders to explain their ethnic origins. Others see the term as better describing previous generations; for instance, journalist Colin James referred to "we ex-British New Zealanders" in a 2005 speech.10 It remains a relatively uncontroversial descriptor of ancestry.
In an interview with the New Zealand Listener in 2006, the opposition leader of that time, Don Brash, made the following statement:
| “ | British immigrants fit in here very well. My own ancestry is all British. New Zealand values are British values, derived from centuries of struggle since Magna Carta. Those things make New Zealand the society it is.11 | ” |
See also
References
- ^ a b QuickStats About Culture and Identity: European, Statistics New Zealand.
- ^ Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand: New Zealand Peoples
- ^ Statistics New Zealand Highlights:Ethnic groups, birthplace and languages spoken
- ^ Middleton, Julie (March 01, 2006). "Email urges 'New Zealander' for Census", New Zealand Herald, APN Holdings NZ Limited. Retrieved on 3 October 2007.
- ^ "A New Zealander response and like responses such as 'Kiwi' or 'NZer' are coded to a separate category, 'New Zealander', at level four in the Other Ethnicity group." Classification and coding process, New Zealand Classification of Ethnicity 2005, Statistics New Zealand. Accessed 2008-01-04.
- ^ Statistics New Zealand (3 August 2007). "Who responded as 'New Zealander'?". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-10-03.
- ^ Te Ara: New Zealanders: New Zealand Peoples: Britons
- ^ Population Conference 1997, New Zealand: Panel Discussion 3c - Population Change And International Linkages, Phillip Gibson, Chief Executive, Asia 2000 Foundation
- ^ Carl Walrond. 'Kiwis overseas - Staying in Britain', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 13 April 2007.
- ^ The Pacific-ation of New Zealand. Colin James's speech to the Sydney Institute, 3 February 2005. Accessed 2007-06-05.
- ^ New Zealand Listener: So who do we keep out?, Bruce Ansley, September 2-8 2006
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