Introduction
Tokelauan People in New Zealand is one of seven profiles on Pacific peoples based on the results from the 2006 Census. The subject population for this profile is the usually resident New Zealand population of Tokelauans at the time of the 2006 Census.
Tokelauans are defined as those who specified Tokelauan as a response to the ethnicity question. Where appropriate, comparisons are made between Tokelauans born in New Zealand and those born overseas, as well as with the total Pacific and total New Zealand usually resident populations.
Time series information is provided using previous census data. This has not been possible for all topics because changes in the way that some of the data is collected means it cannot always be easily compared across time.
Highlights
- In 2006, Tokelauans were the sixth largest Pacific ethnic group in New Zealand, making up 6,819 or 3 percent of New Zealand's Pacific population (265,974).
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- I te 2006, ko nā tino Tokelau e tūlaga ono te tokalahi, mai nā tahi tino Pahefika i Niu Hila. Ko te aofaki e 6,819 pe 3 pahene o te nūmela o tagata Pahefika uma (265,974) i Niu Hila.
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- The Tokelauan population increased by 10 percent (615) between 2001 and 2006.
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- Ko te nūmela o tagata Tokelau na fakaopoopo i he 10 pahene (615) i te va o te 2001 ma te 2006.
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- The median age of the Tokelauan population (half are younger and half are older than this age) was 19 years. By comparison, the median ages for the total Pacific and total New Zealand populations were 21 years and 36 years, respectively.
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- Ko nā tauhaga o te matua, fua ki te mātutua o tagata uma (median age) ko te 19 tauhaga (ko te afa o tagata e i lalo o nā tauhaga iēnei, ma e afa e i luga atu). Kāfai e fakatuhatuha, ko nā tauhaga o te matua, fua ki te mātutua o tagata uma mai te Pahefika ma tagata uma o Niu Hila e 21 tauhaga ma 36 tauhaga.
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- Tokelauans born in New Zealand account for 69 percent (4,626) of the total Tokelauan population.
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- Ko te 69 pahene o nā tino Tokelau (4,626) na fānanau i Niu Hila.
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- 40 percent (2,505) of Tokelauans are able to hold an everyday conversation in Tokelauan
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- Ko te 40 pahene o nā tino Tokelau (2,505) e mafai ke tautala i te gagana Tokelau.
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- 86 percent (5,514) of Tokelauans affiliated with a religion. Of those Tokelauans who affiliated with a religion, 98 percent (5,439) affiliated with a Christian religion.
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- Ko te 86 pahene o nā tino Tokelau (5,514) e i ei nā lotu e olo ki ei. O nā tino iēnei, e 98 pahene (5,439) e olo ki nā lotu Kelihiano.
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- 63 percent (2145) of Tokelauan adults have a formal educational qualification (secondary school or post-school qualification). The comparable figures for the total Pacific and New Zealand populations were 65 percent and 75 percent, respectively.
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- Ko te 63 pahene o nā tino Tokelau mātutua (2,145) na maua o lātou tuhi paahi (ākoga tūlaga lua ma nā ākoga i luga ake). Ko nā pahene fakatuhatuha mo te aofaki o tagata Pahefika ma Niu Hila kātoa, e 65 pahene ma 75 pahene.
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- 51 percent (3462) of the Tokelauan population live in the Wellington region, which is a decrease of 2 percentage points since 2001.
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- Ko te 51 pahene o nā tino Tokelau (3,462) e nonofo i Ueligitone, kua fakaitiitia i he 2 pahene mai te 2001.
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