Pākehā (Māori) | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Total population | |
| 3,383,742 (2023 census)[1] 67.8% of New Zealand's population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| All regions of New Zealand | |
| Languages | |
| English | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly: Non-religious Historicaly or Traditionally Christianity (Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism, Presbyterianism) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| European Australians, European Canadians, European Americans, White Africans, British (English · Scottish · Ulster Scots · Welsh), Irish, other European peoples[dubious – discuss] |
New Zealanders of European descent are mostly of British and Irish ancestry, with significantly smaller percentages of other European ancestries such as Germans, Poles,[a] French, Dutch, Croats and other South Slavs, Greeks,[2] and Scandinavians.[3] European New Zealanders are also known by the Māori-language loanword Pākehā.[4]
Statistics New Zealand maintains the national classification standard for ethnicity. European is one of the six top-level ethnic groups, alongside Māori, Pacific (Pasifika), Asian, Middle Eastern/Latin American/African (MELAA), and Other. Within the top-level European group are two second-level ethnic groups, New Zealand European and Other European. New Zealand European consists of New Zealanders of European descent, while Other European consists of migrant European ethnic groups. Other Europeans also includes some people of indirect European descent, including Americans, Canadians, South Africans and Australians.[5]
According to the 2018 New Zealand census, 3,372,708 people (70.2%) identified as European, with 3,013,440 people (64%) identifying as New Zealand European.[6]
- ^ "2023 Census population counts (by ethnic group, age, and Māori descent) and dwelling counts | Stats NZ". www.stats.govt.nz. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Greeks – the Hellenic community". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "Peoples". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ Bruce Hill (8 February 2013). ""Pakeha" not a negative word for European New Zealanders". ABC Radio Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ "Classifications and related statistical standards – Ethnicity". Statistics New Zealand. June 2005. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ "2018 Census totals by topic – national highlights". Stats NZ. 23 September 2019. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
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