Pacific peoples

E7890
cultural community demographic group ethnic group

Pacific peoples are a diverse group of communities in New Zealand with ancestral ties to Pacific Island nations such as Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau, and Fiji, contributing significantly to the country’s cultural and social landscape.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Pacific peoples in New Zealand 4
Pacific Islanders 1
Pacific Islanders in New Zealand 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural community ⓘ
demographic group ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pacific peoples ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Islanders in New Zealand

Pacific Islands ⓘ
surface form: Pasifika
ancestralOrigin Cook Islands ⓘ
Fiji ⓘ
Niue ⓘ
Pacific Islands ⓘ
Samoa ⓘ
Tokelau ⓘ
Tonga ⓘ
associatedWith Pacific churches in New Zealand ⓘ
Pacific festivals in New Zealand ⓘ
Pacific languages in New Zealand ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
contributesTo New Zealand arts ⓘ
New Zealand culture ⓘ
New Zealand economy ⓘ
New Zealand education sector ⓘ
New Zealand music ⓘ
New Zealand sports ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
hasSubgroup Cook Islands Māori New Zealanders ⓘ
Fijian New Zealanders ⓘ
Niuean New Zealanders ⓘ
Samoan New Zealanders ⓘ
Tokelauan New Zealanders ⓘ
Tongan New Zealanders ⓘ
languageCommunity Cook Islands Māori language ⓘ
English ⓘ
surface form: English language

Fijian languages ⓘ
surface form: Fijian language

Niuean language ⓘ
Samoan language ⓘ
Tokelauan language group ⓘ
surface form: Tokelauan language

Tongan language group ⓘ
surface form: Tongan language
mainCountryOfResidence New Zealand ⓘ
partOf New Zealand ⓘ
surface form: New Zealand society
policyFocusOf New Zealand Ministry for Pacific Peoples ⓘ
recognizedBy New Zealand government ⓘ
region Auckland ⓘ
Canterbury ⓘ
Wellington ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
significantReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism

Methodism ⓘ
Pentecostalism ⓘ
Presbyterian ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterianism
usedIn New Zealand census ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pacific peoples → alsoKnownAs → Pacific peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pacific Islanders in New Zealand
New Zealand European → distinguishedFrom → Pacific peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pacific peoples in New Zealand
this entity surface form: Pacific peoples (New Zealand official classification)
New Zealand → ethnicGroup → Pacific peoples ⓘ
Auckland → hasEthnicGroup → Pacific peoples ⓘ
Hawaii → hasEthnicGroup → Pacific peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pacific Islanders
Fijian New Zealanders → partOf → Pacific peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pacific peoples in New Zealand
New Zealander → relatedTo → Pacific peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pacific peoples in New Zealand
this entity surface form: Pacific peoples in New Zealand