Kōrero: History of immigration

Pacific-born people in New Zealand, 1961–2013

Move the mouse over the lines on the graph to see the population figures. Click on a country of birth in the key to remove that line from the graph; click on the country again to restore it.

This graph shows the rise in numbers of those born in the Pacific and living in New Zealand. Over the period the total increased by over 130,000, from just over 14,000 in 1961. Even this underestimates the impact of Pacific peoples, since by 2013 over 310,000 people identified with these Pacific ethnicities.

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: New Zealand census, 1961;2001;2013

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Jock Phillips, 'History of immigration - The end of a 'white New Zealand' policy', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/graph/2156/pacific-born-people-in-new-zealand-1961-2013 (accessed 30 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 8 Feb 2005, updated 1 Aug 2015