Pacific peoples

Census and reports

• 2011 Tokelau Census of Population and Dwellings
  Information from 2011 Tokelau Census. 
• Pacific Progress reports
  A collaborative project between the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs (MPIA) and Statistics New Zealand this report series provides a statistical overview of Pacific peoples in New Zealand and informs our understanding of how to improve outcomes for Pacific peoples.
• Concerning Language (2004) 
  The report investigates language retention for selected ethnic groups in New Zealand, using data from the 2001 Census of Population and Dwellings. The report examines the relationship between language retention and selected variables.

Information releases

• National Ethnic Population Projections
  These releases provide the projected Maori, Pacific, Asian, and European ethnic populations of New Zealand by age and sex, based on different combinations of fertility, mortality, migration, and interethnic mobility.  

• New Zealand General Social Survey
  The New Zealand General Social Survey (NZGSS) provides information on the well-being of New Zealanders aged 15 years and over.  It covers a wide range of social and economic outcomes, and shows how these outcomes are distributed across different groups within the New Zealand population, including ethnic groups.

Data

• Working together: Racial discrimination in New Zealand (September 2012)
  This short report uses data from the New Zealand General Social Survey to look at whether New Zealanders feel racially discriminated against. It also provides background data on overall levels of perceived discrimination and where this takes place.
• Subnational Ethnic Population Projections 
  These updated 2006-base projections (released in September 2010) cover the period to 2021 at five-year intervals, by sex and five-year age group (to 85 years and over), for the four broad and overlapping ethnic populations.
• QuickStats About Pacific People
  QuickStats About Pacific Peoples presents information from the 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings on people belonging to the Pacific peoples ethnic group who usually live in New Zealand. It also includes data that relates specifically to the seven largest Pacific ethnic groups: Samoan, Cook Islands Maori, Tongan, Niuean, Fijian, Tokelauan and Tuvaluan.
• Pacific Profiles: 2006 
  Pacific Profiles provide more detailed information on the seven largest Pacific peoples ethnic groups. These reports cover topics such as demographics, language, religion, families and households, income, housing and smoking behaviour.  
• 2001 Census: Pacific peoples 
  This volume comprises a reference report and a set of 138 Excel tables. It contains a wide variety of demographic, social and economic tables from the 2001 Census for the Pacific peoples ethnic group. Data is mainly presented at a national level.