Demographics

• Pacific Population - 231,801 (Statistics New Zealand 2001 census)
• Six per cent of New Zealand population
• 65 per cent live in the greater Auckland region
• Eight main Pacific ethnic groups in NZ - each with distinct language and culture
    

Source: Statistics NZ 2001 Census Snapshot 6

One in sixteen, or 231,801 people, in New Zealand were of Pacific ethnicity at the time of the 2001 Census, according to latest figures from Statistics New Zealand.