Kiribati New Zealanders
Total population
Kiribati
3,225 (2018 Census)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Auckland · Waikato · Wellington
Languages
New Zealand English · Gilbertese
Religion
Majority Christian

Kiribati New Zealanders refers to New Zealand citizens or permanent residents who are fully or partially of I-Kiribati descent. According to the 2018 census, 3,225 New Zealanders declared their ethnicity as Kiribati.[1]

Demographics

I-Kiribati people are classified as a subset of Pasifika New Zealanders under the Ethnicity New Zealand Standard Classification by Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa.[2]

As of 2018, only 41.3% of Kiribati New Zealanders were born in New Zealand. 58.7% were born overseas, most of them in Kiribati, with smaller groups of I-Kiribati immigrants born in Australia, Tuvalu and the United States.[1]

43.7% of New Zealand residents who declared their ethnicity as I-Kiribati live in the Auckland Region. The Kiribati community is especially prominent in the country town of Warkworth, where Gilbertese is the second most spoken language. Smaller I-Kiribati communities exist in the Waikato region and in Wellington.[3]

Organisations

New Zealand's Kiribati associations include the nationwide New Zealand Kiribati National Council, the Warkworth-based Kiribati Aotearoa Diaspora Directorate and the Otago Kiribati Islands Students' Association in Dunedin.[4][5][6]

Clendon Park in South Auckland is home to the Kiribati Uniting Church NZ.[7]

Kiribati Language Week is a yearly event organised by the Ministry for Pacific Peoples.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Statistics New Zealand. "Kiribati ethnic group".
  2. ↑ Statistics New Zealand. "Ethnicity New Zealand Standard Classification 2005 V2.1.0".
  3. ↑ "I-Kiribati" (PDF). Oranga Tamariki Practice Centre.
  4. ↑ "About". New Zealand Kiribati National Counicl.
  5. ↑ "Kaaraki mai, Welcome to KADD". Kiribati Aotearoa Diaspora Directorate Charitable Trust.
  6. ↑ "Otago Kiribati Islands Students' Association". Otago University Students' Association.
  7. ↑ "Get in touch". Kiribati Uniting Church NZ.
  8. ↑ "Kiribati Language Week 2023". Ministry for Pacific Peoples.
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