紐西蘭華人 or 新西兰华人 | |
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 Lion dancers at the Auckland Lantern Festival | |
| Total population | |
| 231,387 (2019)
132,906 (born in mainland China) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Auckland | 171,309 |
| Canterbury | 21,516 |
| Wellington | 21,192 |
| Waikato | 12,084 |
| Otago | 5,439 |
| Manawatū-Whanganui | 4,638 |
| Languages | |
| Religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Chinese New Zealanders | |||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 紐西蘭華人 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 纽西兰华人 | ||||||||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 新西蘭華人 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 新西兰华人 | ||||||||||||
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Chinese New Zealanders (Māori: Tāngata Hainamana o Aotearoa; simplified Chinese: 新西兰华人; traditional Chinese: 紐西蘭華人; pinyin: Niǔxīlán Huárén) or Sino-New Zealanders are New Zealanders of Chinese ancestry. The largest subset of Asian New Zealanders, many of the Chinese immigrants came from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, or other countries that have large populations of Chinese diaspora. Today's Chinese New Zealand group is also composed of diasporic communities from Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Singapore.[2][3] As of 2018, Chinese New Zealanders account for 4.9% of the population of New Zealand, and are the largest Asian ethnic group in New Zealand, accounting for 36.3% of Asian New Zealanders.[4]
In the 1860s gold rush immigrants from Guangdong arrived.[5] Due to this historical influx, there is still a distinct Chinese community in Dunedin, whose former[update] mayor Peter Chin is of Chinese descent. However, most Chinese New Zealanders live in the North Island, and are of more recent migrant heritage.[6][failed verification] Chinese people historically faced severe discrimination in New Zealand, through means varying from the head tax to racist violence.[7][8] In 2002, the New Zealand Government publicly apologised to China for the racism ethnic Chinese were dealt by New Zealand.[9] Chinese people, culture and cuisine have had a profound impact on modern New Zealand, and are today seen as an inextricable and defining part of the country's rich and diverse culture. Chinese New Year is widely celebrated throughout the country, and although no conventional Chinatowns exist anymore, strongholds of ethnic Chinese exist in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. Mandarin is New Zealand's fourth-most-spoken language, while various dialects of Chinese make up the second-most spoken group of languages in New Zealand.[10] Many famous and innovative New Zealanders are of Chinese ancestry, such as Augusta Xu-Holland, Bic Runga, Boh Runga, Brent Wong, Chris Tse, Manying Ip, Meng Foon, Michelle Ang, Renee Liang, Roseanne Liang, and Rose Lu.
- ^ "2018 Census totals by topic – national highlights | Stats NZ". Stats.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ "2013 Census ethnic group profiles: Chinese". Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 6 February 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ Liao, Tiffany (2007). Chinese immigrant children's first year of schooling (PDF) (Thesis). Unitec. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ "Ethnic group (detailed total response – level 3) and languages spoken by sex, for the census usually resident population count, 2006, 2013, and 2018 Censuses (RC, TA, SA2, DHB)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ^ "Chinese history and family history". aucklandlibraries.govt.nz. 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ "Chinese on the Wakatipu Goldfields". Archived from the original on 22 May 2009.
- ^ "Racist killing in Wellington's Haining St". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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