European New Zealanders
New Zealanders of European descent are mostly of British and Irish ancestry, with significantly smaller percentages of other European ancestries such as Germans, Poles, French, Dutch, Croats and other South Slavs, Greeks, and Scandinavians. European New Zealanders are also known by the Māori-language loanword Pākehā.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 3,372,708 (2018 census) 70.2% of New Zealand's population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| All regions of New Zealand | |
| Languages | |
| English | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly: Non-religious Minority: Christianity (Anglicanism · Roman Catholicism · Presbyterianism) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| European Australians, European Canadians, European Americans, White Africans, British (English · Scottish · Ulster Scots · Welsh), Irish, other European peoples |
Statistics New Zealand maintains the national classification standard for ethnicity. European is one of the six top-level ethnic groups, alongside Māori, Pacific (Pasifika), 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 Zealand European consists of New Zealanders of European descent, while Other European consists of migrant European ethnic groups. Other Europeans also includes some people of indirect European descent, including Americans, Canadians, South Africans and Australians.
According to the 2018 New Zealand census, 3,372,708 people (70.2%) identified as European, with 3,013,440 people (64%) identifying as New Zealand European.