Filipino New Zealanders

Filipino New Zealanders
Total population
108,297 (2023)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Hamilton, Tauranga
Languages
New Zealand English, Tagalog, Visayan languages, and/or other Philippine languages
Religion
Majority Roman Catholics
Protestants · other Christians · Buddhists
Related ethnic groups
Filipinos, Overseas Filipinos

Filipino New Zealanders refers to New Zealanders who migrated from the Philippines or descendants born in New Zealand of Filipino ancestry.

The 1936 New Zealand census recorded six New Zealand residents born in the Philippines. The country's intake of Filipino students began to increase in 1960, under the Colombo Plan; however, even as late as 1981, there were only 405 Filipinos in New Zealand. It was not until the 1990s that highly populated regions such as Wellington and Auckland (especially the suburbs of Henderson and Mount Roskill) began to see exponential growth in their respective Filipino communities.[2] The communities themselves are known for their many Philippine-related celebrations, particularly the celebration of Philippine Independence Day every year on the Sunday nearest to 12 June. In April 2008, New Zealand's embassy indicated that they would like to increase the intake of nurses and engineers from the Philippines.[3] In 2013 the Census recorded 40,350 people, or 1.0 percent of the population, Filipino New Zealanders.[4]

Demographics

There were 72,612 people identifying as being part of the Filipino ethnic group at the 2018 New Zealand census, making up 1.5% of New Zealand's population. This is an increase of 32,262 people (80.0%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 55,674 people (328.7%) since the 2006 census. Some of the increase between the 2013 and 2018 census was due to Statistics New Zealand adding ethnicity data from other sources (previous censuses, administrative data, and imputation) to the 2018 census data to reduce the number of non-responses.[5]

There were 34,770 males and 37,845 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.919 males per female. The median age was 32.5 years, compared with 37.4 years for New Zealand as a whole; 14,838 people (20.4%) were aged under 15 years, 16,914 (23.3%) were 15 to 29, 39,123 (53.9%) were 30 to 64, and 1,740 (2.4%) were 65 or older.[6]

In terms of population distribution, 45.2% of Filipino New Zealanders lived in the Auckland region, 28.9% lived in the North Island outside the Auckland region, and 25.9% lived in the South Island. The Kaipātiki local board area of Auckland had the highest concentration of Filipino people at 5.4%, followed by the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki local board area (3.9%) and the Ashburton District (3.8%). The Chatham Islands and Great Barrier Island had the lowest concentrations, recording no Filipino people in their respective areas.[6]

New Zealand Ambassadors to the Philippines

Further information: List of ambassadors of New Zealand to the Philippines

Notable Filipino New Zealanders

Main category: New Zealand people of Filipino descent

See also

References

  1. ^ "Census results reflect Aotearoa New Zealand's diversity". Stats NZ. 3 October 2024.
  2. ^ Walrond, Karl (21 September 2007), "New Zealand Peoples: Filipinos", Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, Ministry for Culture and Heritage, ISBN 978-0-478-18451-8, archived from the original on 5 May 2008
  3. ^ "New Zealand needs Filipino nurses", GMA News, 7 April 2008, retrieved 11 April 2008
  4. ^ "2013 Census ethnic group profiles: Filipino". New Zealand Government Statistical Service. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  5. ^ "New Zealand's population reflects growing diversity | Stats NZ". www.stats.govt.nz. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Ethnic group (detailed total response - level 3) by age and sex, for the census usually resident population count, 2006, 2013, and 2018 Censuses (RC, TA, SA2, DHB)". nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Nursing Council of New Zealand Members". Nursing Council of New Zealand.
  8. ^ "East Coast Bays Electorate Candidates". The Spinoff. 2020.
  9. ^ Ethan Sills (21 May 2019). "Comedy review: James Roque, Boy Mestizo". New Zealand Herald.
  10. ^ "Pinay Crowned Mrs Universe NZ". ABS-CBN News.
  11. ^ Li, Matthew (13 February 2023). "Ken Tuffin to have one last run with Wellington before entering PBA Draft". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 30 March 2024.