In the 2006 census of New Zealand 67.6 percent of the population identified ethnically as European and 14.6 percent as Māori.[1] Other major ethnic groups include Asian (9.2 percent) and Pacific peoples (6.9 percent), while 11.1 percent identified themselves simply as a "New Zealander" (or similar) and 1 percent identified with other ethnicities.[2] When completing the census people could select more than one ethnic group and this list includes all of the stated ethnic groups if more than one is chosen.
| Ethnicity | Responses[3] |
|---|---|
| New Zealand European | 2,381,076 |
| Maori | 565,329 |
| New Zealander | 429,429 |
| Chinesenfd | 139,728 |
| Samoan | 131,103 |
| Indiannfd | 97,443 |
| Cook Islands Maori | 56,895 |
| Tongan | 50,478 |
| English | 44,202 |
| Korean | 30,792 |
| Dutch | 28,641 |
| Britishnfd | 27,192 |
| Australian | 26,355 |
| Niuean | 22,476 |
| Europeannfd | 21,855 |
| South Africannec | 21,609 |
| Filipino | 16,938 |
| Scottish | 15,039 |
| Irish | 12,651 |
| Japanese | 11,910 |
| German | 10,917 |
| American | 10,806 |
| Fijian | 9,861 |
| Sri Lankannfd | 7,041 |
| Cambodian | 6,915 |
| Tokelauan | 6,819 |
| Thai | 6,057 |
| Fijian Indian | 5,616 |
| Canadian | 5,604 |
| Taiwanese | 5,451 |
| Russian | 4,833 |
| Vietnamese | 4,770 |
| Africannfd | 4,053 |
| French | 3,816 |
| Welsh | 3,701 |
| Malay | 3,537 |
| Indonesian | 3,261 |
| Iraqi | 3,222 |
| Zimbabwian | 3,117 |
| Iranian/Persian | 2,895 |
| Tuvaluan | 2,625 |
| Arab | 2,607 |
| Croatian | 2,547 |
| Afghan | 2,538 |
| Greek | 2,355 |
| Somali | 2,319 |
| Swiss | 2,313 |
| Latin Americannfd | 2,253 |
| Asiannfd | 2,160 |
| Pakistani | 2,052 |
| Polish | 1,965 |
| Danish | 1,932 |
| Spanish | 1,857 |
| Eurasian | 1,617 |
| Assyrian | 1,683 |
| Middle Easternnfd | 1,659 |
| Israeli/Jewish | 1,599 |
| Romanian | 1,554 |
| Celticnfd | 1,506 |
| Bangladeshi | 1,488 |
| Brazilian | 1,473 |
| Afrikaner | 1,341 |
| Laotian | 1,344 |
| Tahitian | 1,329 |
| Swedish | 1,257 |
| Hungarian | 1,212 |
| Egyptian | 1,173 |
| Kiribati | 1,116 |
| Chilean | 1,053 |
| Rarotongan | 1,044 |
| Ethiopian | 1,032 |
| Africannec | 1,029 |
| Serbian | 1,029 |
| Other European | 10,968 |
| Other MELA | 7,251 |
| Other Asian | 6,504 |
| Other Pacific Peoples | 4,080 |
| Other Ethnicity | 1,494 |
| Not specifieda | 167,784 |