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Pacific ethnicities, 2018

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Cook Islanders are one of the larger Pacific ethnic groups in New Zealand. This graph shows the different Pacific ethnic populations in 2018. The Samoan ethnic group was by far the largest, more than double the size of the next two biggest groups, Tongans and Cook Island Māori. 

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: Stats NZ 2018 census

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Carl Walrond, Cook Islanders – Settlement, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/46692/pacific-ethnicities-2018 (accessed 8 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 9 February 2016, updated 1 July 2024.