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One quarter of New Zealand citizens born abroad | One quarter of New Zealand citizens born abroad |
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More than one million New Zealanders were born overseas, accounting for about 25% of the country's population, new census data says. | More than one million New Zealanders were born overseas, accounting for about 25% of the country's population, new census data says. |
"People born overseas now make up more than a quarter of New Zealand's population," census official Gareth Meech tells the New Zealand Herald. It marks an increase from about 20% in 2001 and 23% in 2006, figures from Statistics New Zealand show. | "People born overseas now make up more than a quarter of New Zealand's population," census official Gareth Meech tells the New Zealand Herald. It marks an increase from about 20% in 2001 and 23% in 2006, figures from Statistics New Zealand show. |
Apparently New Zealanders now originate from a wider range of countries than before - with the number of people born in the UK diving from 66% in 1961 to just over 25% in 2013. It is now more common for Kiwis to have been born in Asia than in the UK, and India has replaced Australia as the third most common birthplace. | |
An influx of Asians over the last decade has also led to greater linguistic and religious diversity in New Zealand - with three times as many people speaking Hindi and twice as many speaking Chinese languages such as Mandarin. | |
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