New Zealand European 4037118 221019310 2008-06-22T18:09:06Z Stevvvv4444 1537385 /* British New Zealander */ {{Infobox Ethnic group |group = New Zealand European |pop = '''2,381,076''' <br/>59.1% of the population<ref name="QSCIEuro"> [http://www.stats.govt.nz/census/2006-census-data/quickstats-about-culture-identity/quickstats-about-culture-and-identity.htm?page=para017Master QuickStats About Culture and Identity: European], Statistics New Zealand.</ref> |regions = [[North Island, New Zealand|North Island]], [[South Island, New Zealand|South Island]], [[Australia]] |languages = [[New Zealand English|English]] |religions =[[Christianity]]&nbsp;60.0%<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Anglicanism]]&nbsp;19.2%<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Catholicism]]&nbsp;13.4%<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Presbyterianism]]&nbsp;13.6%<br/>no religion&nbsp;32.2%&nbsp;<br/>object&nbsp;to&nbsp;answer&nbsp;7.1%&nbsp; |related = [[Anglo-African]], [[Afrikaner]], [[English people|English]], [[Irish people|Irish]], [[Scottish people|Scottish]], [[Dutch people|Dutch]], [[White British]], [[Anglo-Celtic Australian]], [[White African]], [[White American]] and [[White people|other Whites]] }} The term '''New Zealand European''' refers to [[New Zealand]] residents of [[European ethnic groups|European]] descent who identify as New Zealand Europeans rather than some more specific European group. Most European New Zealanders are of [[British people|British]] and [[Irish people|Irish]] ancestry, with smaller percentages of other European ancestries such as [[Dutch people|Dutch]], [[Germans|German]] and [[South Slavs|South Slav]].<ref>Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand: [http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/NewZealandPeoples/en New Zealand Peoples]</ref> == 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.<ref>Statistics New Zealand Highlights:[http://www.stats.govt.nz/census/2006-census-data/national-highlights/2006-census-quickstats-national-highlights.htm?page=para006Master Ethnic groups, birthplace and languages spoken]</ref> 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 Census<ref>{{cite news | last = Middleton | first = Julie | title = Email urges 'New Zealander' for Census | work = [[New Zealand Herald]] | publisher = APN Holdings NZ Limited | date = March 01, 2006 | url = http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10370546 | accessdate = 2007-10-03 }}</ref>. In previous Censuses, these responses were counted belonging to the New Zealand European group. <ref name="QSCIEuro"/> Eleven percent of respondents identified as New Zealanders in the 2006 Census (or as something similar, e.g. "Kiwi"),<ref>"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." [http://www.stats.govt.nz/statistical-methods/classifications-and-related-statistical-standards/ethnicity/classification-coding-process.htm Classification and coding process], New Zealand Classification of Ethnicity 2005, [[Statistics New Zealand]]. Accessed [[2008-01-04]].</ref> well above the trend observed in previous Censuses, and higher than the percentage seen in other surveys that year.<ref>{{cite press release | title = Who responded as 'New Zealander'? | publisher = [[Statistics New Zealand]] | date = 3 August 2007 | url = http://www.stats.govt.nz/store/2007/08/profile-new-zealander-responses-2006-census-mr.htm | accessdate = 2007-10-03 }} </ref> == Alternative terms == === Pākehā === {{main|Pākehā}} The term ''[[Pakeha|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. However, some New Zealanders of European descent{{weasel word}} do not like the word Pākehā and consider it to be '''racist and pejorative.''' ===British New Zealander=== ''This section is about New Zealanders of British descent, for British people of New Zealander descent, [[New Zealander British|see here]]'' :''See also: [[British people]]'' As the vast majority of European New Zealanders are of [[British Isles]] ethnic origin, a sense of 'Britishness' has historically figured prominently in the identity of many New Zealanders. <ref>Te Ara: New Zealanders: New Zealand Peoples: [http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/NewZealandPeoples/TheNewZealanders/3/en Britons]</ref> 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|Sir Edmund Hillary's]] successful ascent of [[Mt. Everest]] as ''"[putting] the British race and New Zealand on top of the world"''.<ref>Population Conference 1997, New Zealand: [http://www.executive.govt.nz/96-99/minister/bradford/population/content/pnldis3c/pnld3c_1.htm Panel Discussion 3c - Population Change And International Linkages], Phillip Gibson, Chief Executive, Asia 2000 Foundation</ref> New Zealand passports described nationals as "British Subject and New Zealand Citizen" until 1974, when this was changed to "New Zealand Citizen".<ref>Carl Walrond. '[http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/NewZealandPeoples/KiwisOverseas/3/en Kiwis overseas - Staying in Britain]', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated [[13 April]] [[2007]].</ref> 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 (journalist)|Colin James]] referred to "we ex-British New Zealanders" in a 2005 speech.<ref>''[http://www.colinjames.co.nz/speeches_briefings/Sydney_Inst_05Feb03.htm The Pacific-ation of New Zealand]''. Colin James's speech to the Sydney Institute, 3 February 2005. Accessed [[2007-06-05]].</ref> 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: {{cquote|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.''<ref>New Zealand Listener: [http://www.listener.co.nz/issue/3460/features/6926/so_who_do_we_keep_out.html;jsessionid=6294B858836B17C47C11ECEDD83FD284 So who do we keep out?], Bruce Ansley, September 2-8 2006</ref>}} == See also == *[[Immigration to New Zealand]] *[[Europeans in Oceania]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.stats.govt.nz/default.htm Stats NZ site] [[Category:Ethnic groups in New Zealand]] [[Category:New Zealand society]] [[Category:Ethnic groups]] [[Category:Ethnic groups articles needing attention]] [[Category:Immigration to New Zealand]]