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European New Zealanders are a European ethnic group. It includes New Zealanders of European descent, European peoples (e.g. British, Irish, Dutch, German, Russian, Italian, Greek), and other peoples of indirect European descent (e.g. Americans, Canadians, Australians and South Africans,). Māori are the indigenous people of New Zealand.
New Zealand nationality law details the conditions by which a person is a national of New Zealand.The primary law governing these requirements is the Citizenship Act 1977, which came into force on 1 January 1978.
New Zealanders (Māori: Tāngata Aotearoa) are people associated with New Zealand, sharing a common history, culture, and language (New Zealand English).People of various ethnicities and national origins are citizens of New Zealand, governed by its nationality law.
New Zealand is a multiethnic society, and home to people of many different national origins. Originally composed solely of the Māori who arrived in the thirteenth century, the ethnic makeup of the population later became dominated by New Zealanders of European descent . [ 65 ]
New Zealand's national symbols are influenced by natural, historical, and Māori sources. The silver fern is an emblem appearing on army insignia and sporting team uniforms. [372] Certain items of popular culture thought to be unique to New Zealand are called "Kiwiana". [372]
From 1 January 1978, when the Citizenship Act 1977 came into force, foreign nationals receive New Zealand citizenship by grant, under New Zealand nationality law. Prior to that date, they received citizenship by naturalisation. Both are included here.
Statistics New Zealand maintains the national classification standard for ethnicity. European is one of the six top-level ethnic groups, alongside Māori, Pacific , Asian, Middle Eastern/Latin American/African (MELAA), and Other. Within the top-level European group are two second-level ethnic groups, New Zealand European and Other European. New ...
There were 16,245 people identifying as being part of the American ethnic group at the 2018 New Zealand census, making up 0.35% of New Zealand's population.This is an increase of 3,903 people (31.6%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 5,439 people (50.3%) since the 2006 census.