Ethnic identity
In the New Zealand census, people were asked to indicate the ethnic group or groups with which they identified. The numbers include those who indicated more than one group.
Hawaiian
- 2006 census: 279
- 2013 census: 333
- 2018 census: 429
Kiribati
- 2006 census: 1,116
- 2013 census: 2,115
- 2018 census: 3,225
Nauruan
- 2006 census: 90
- 2013 census: 126
- 2018 census: 135
Papua New Guinean
- 2006 census: 687
- 2013 census: 807
- 2018 census:1,131
Pitcairn Islander
- 2006 census: 201
- 2013 census: 174
- 2018 census: 216
Rotuman
- 2006 census: 621
- 2013 census: 783
- 2018 census: 981
Tahitian
- 2006 census: 1,329
- 2013 census: 1,410
- 2018 census: 1,737
Solomon Islander
- 2006 census: 435
- 2013 census: 600
- 2018 census: 777
Tuvaluan
- 2006 census: 2,625
- 2013 census: 3,537
- 2018 census: 4,653
Ni-Vanuatu
- 2006 census: 240
- 2013 census: 492
- 2018 census: 990
Country of birth
The New Zealand census figures listed here show the number of residents born in South Pacific countries.
Kiribati
- 2001 census: 504
- 2006 census: 825
- 2013 census: 1,473
- 2018 census: 2,196
Papua New Guinea
- 2001 census: 1,149
- 2006 census: 1,251
- 2013 census: 1,347
- 2018 census: 1,482
Solomon Islands
- 2006 census: 522
- 2013 census: 618
- 2018 census: 741
Tuvalu
- 2001 census: 1,419
- 2006 census: 1,227
- 2013 census: 1,419
- 2018 census: 1,854
Ni-Vanuatu
- 2006 census: 312
- 2013 census: 567
- 2018 census: 1,206