Chinese New Zealanders
| 華裔紐西蘭人 or 华裔新西兰人 | |
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89,121 (by birth, 2013) 171,000 (by ancestry) 4.0% of the population of New Zealand (2013) |
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| Auckland | 112,290 |
| Wellington | 15,957 |
| Canterbury | 12,939 |
| Waikato | 7,248 |
| Manawatu-Wanganui | 3,732 |
| Otago | 3,477 |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Niǔxīlán Huárén |
| Bopomofo | ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧ ㄌㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄖㄣˊ |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Náusāilàan Wàyàn |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | XīnXīlán Huárén |
| Bopomofo | ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧ ㄌㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄖㄣˊ |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Sānsāilàan Wàyàn |
Chinese New Zealanders refers to New Zealanders of Chinese ancestry. They constitute one group of overseas Chinese and represent the second largest Chinese community in Oceania behind the Chinese community in Australia. Many Chinese New Zealanders are immigrants along with their descendants from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, as well a handful of other countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore who have immigrated from Southeast Asia that include large populations of the Chinese diaspora. As of 2006, Chinese New Zealanders account approximately three percent of the total population of New Zealand, and represent the largest Asian ethnic group in New Zealand, accounting approximately 44% of the entire Asian New Zealander population.
The first records of ethnic Chinese in New Zealand were the immigrants from Guangdong province, China, who arrived during the 1850sgoldrush era. Due to this historical influx, there is still a distinct Chinese community in the Southern city of Dunedin, whose former[update] mayor Peter Chin is of Chinese descent. However, most Chinese New Zealanders live in the North Island, and are of more recent migrant heritage.
In the 2001 Census, 3% of the total New Zealand population (100,680 people) identified as Chinese
The majority of Chinese New Zealanders were from Mainland China, Taiwan made up a third of all immigrants and ten percent came from Malaysia. The remainder of Chinese immigrants to New Zealand came from Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Indonesia.
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