English New Zealanders

This article is about New Zealand people of English descent. For English people of New Zealand descent, see New Zealanders in the United Kingdom.

English New Zealanders
Total population
2 million[citation needed] (of full or partial ancestry)
Regions with significant populations
Nation-wide
Languages
English
Religion
Historically or traditionally Christianity, usually Anglican or other Protestant, with smaller Catholic minority. Increasingly irreligious
Related ethnic groups
Pākehā

English New Zealanders are New Zealanders of English descent, or English-born people currently living in New Zealand. After British explorer James Cook arrived in New Zealand in 1769, many non-Polynesians began to visit and settle New Zealand, in particular, whalers, sealers, and ex-convicts from Australia, often of British (including English) ancestry.[1] After New Zealand became a colony of Britain in 1840, the country began to receive thousands of immigrants, with over 90% of them being from Britain and Ireland, with about half of them coming from England.[2][3]

  1. ^ Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "History of immigration". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Summary". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Where did they come from?". nzhistory.govt.nz. Retrieved 3 November 2021.