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Dutch New Zealander
Nederlandse Nieuw-ZeelanderHayley Westenra Total population 100,000 [1] Languages Religion Roman Catholic, Protestantism (Presbyterianism, Anglicanism etc)
Related ethnic groups Dutch New Zealanders are New Zealanders who are of Dutch ancestry. Dutch migration to New Zealand dates back to the earliest period of European colonisation.
Numbers
The 2006 census recorded 22,101 Dutch-born people. However, the number identifying themselves as Dutch in 2006 was 28,641. The Netherlands Embassy in Wellington estimates that there are approximately 45,000 persons living in New Zealand with Dutch nationality. This number includes persons with dual New Zealand and Dutch nationality. As many as 150,000 New Zealanders are estimated to be of Dutch descent.[1]
See also
References
Further reading
- Hulsen, Madeleine Elisabeth Helena (2000), Language loss and language processing: three generations of Dutch migrants in New Zealand, Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, ISBN 9789090139906, OCLC 54535566
- Tap, Relinde (2007), High-wire dancers: middle-class Pakeha and Dutch childhoods in New Zealand, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Auckland, OCLC 166333083, http://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/1517
- Crezee, Ineke Hendrika Martine (2008), I understand it well, but I cannot say it proper back: language use among older Dutch migrants in New Zealand, Ph.D. dissertation, Auckland University of Technology, OCLC 387763257, http://aut.researchgateway.ac.nz/handle/10292/547
Immigration to New Zealand From Africa AfricansFrom the Americas From Asia From Europe Europe in general · Dutch · French · Greek · Hungarian · Norwegian · Portuguese · Scottish · UkrainianOceania See also Dutch diaspora Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania see also Categories:- Dutch diaspora
- New Zealand people of Dutch descent
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