Japanese New Zealanders

Japanese New Zealanders
日系ニュージーランド人

Total population
11,907 13,435 (Japanese citizenship)
Regions with significant populations
Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington
Languages
NZ English and Japanese
Religion
Buddhism, Christianity, Shinto, Non-Religious
Related ethnic groups
Japanese diaspora, Japanese Australians

Japanese New Zealanders (日系ニュージーランド人, Nikkei Nyūjirando-jin) are New Zealand citizens of Japanese ancestry, which may include Japanese immigrants and descendants born in New Zealand.

Education

There are weekend supplementary Japanese education programmes in Auckland, Canterbury/Christchurch, and Wellington.

Notable individuals

• Jun Arita, graphic designer
• Michael Fitzgerald, professional footballer
• JAY'ED, singer-songwriter
• Shigeyuki Kihara, artist
• Kazuyuki Kiyohei Tsukigawa, mariner and salvation army officer
• Kayne Vincent, professional footballer

See also

• Immigration to New Zealand
• Japan–New Zealand relations

Further reading

• Shirakawa, Mineko. "EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF MORPHOLOGICAL CASE MARKING KNOWLEDGE IN JAPANESE-ENGLISH BILINGUAL CHILDREN IN CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND" (Archive; master's degree thesis). University of Canterbury, 2013.